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上升

shàng shēng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

上升 (shàng shēng) means "to rise; to go up; to ascend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上升 means

1. to rise
2. to go up
3. to ascend

The characters in 上升

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 升shēngto ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter

Example sentences

• 烟从烟囱上升。
  Yān cóng yāncōng shàngshēng.
  Smoke is rising from the chimney.
• 他体重上升了。
  He has gained weight.
• 河的水位上升了。
  Hé de shuǐwèi shàngshēng le.
  The river's water level has risen.
• 太阳从海上升起了。
  Tàiyang cóng hǎishàng shēngqǐ le.
  The sun rose from the sea.
• 水位上升得非常快。
  Shuǐwèi shàngshēng de fēicháng kuài.
  The water level rises very quickly.
• 失业率上升到5%。
  The unemployment rate went up to 5%.

Words starting with 上升

• 上升空间shàng shēng kōng jiānupside; potential to rise
• 上升趋势shàng shēng qū shìan upturn; an upward trend

Words containing 上升

• 冉冉上升rǎn rǎn shàng shēngto ascend slowly

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