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上升 (shàng shēng) — to rise; to go up; to ascend

Definition

Used for things (temperature, prices, planes) rising, often steadily. Unlike 上去 (directional 'go up' to a place), 上升 describes a measurable increase or ascent.

verb
to riseto go upto ascend

Examples

  • 上升。
    Wēn dù zhèng zài kuài sù shàng shēng.
    The temperature is rising quickly.
  • 上升，。
    Jià gé shàng shēng le hěn duō, dà jiā dōu bú tài gāo xìng.
    Prices have risen a lot, and everyone is not too happy.
  • 上升，。
    Fēi jī huǎn huǎn shàng shēng, fēi xiàng lán tiān.
    The plane slowly ascended, flying toward the blue sky.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

上shàngupward
升shēngrise

上 is upward and 升 is rise, giving the sense of moving up.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Open 升 →
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