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升高 (shēng gāo) — to rise; to go up; to ascend

Definition

升高 means something goes up or rises (temperature, price, level). It focuses on the movement itself, not the starting point like 提高 (which means 'raise/improve' something).

verb
to riseto go upto ascend

Examples

  • 升高。
    Jīn tiān qì wēn shēng gāo dào le sān shí bā dù.
    Today the temperature rose to 38 degrees.
  • 升高。
    Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn de jià gé yì zhí zài shēng gāo.
    The price of this product has been rising all along.
  • 升高。
    Tā de dì wèi zhú nián shēng gāo.
    His status rises year by year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

升shēngrise
高gāohigh

The action of 升 reaches the result 高, giving rise or ascent.

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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.

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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