提升 (tí shēng) — to lift, to hoist (physically); to promote (to a higher position); to improve, to raise (quality, efficiency, ability, etc.)
Definition
提升 covers both 'promote' (a position) and 'improve' (quality, efficiency), abstract or concrete. Pairs more naturally than 提高 with people getting promoted; 提高 is mainly for raising levels or numbers.
verb
to liftto hoist (physically)to promote (to a higher position)to improveto raise (quality, efficiency, ability, etc.)
Examples
- 提升。Gōng rén yòng jī qì tí shēng xiāng zi.Workers use a machine to lift the boxes.
- ，提升。Yīn wèi chéng jì yōu xiù, tā bèi tí shēng wèi zǔ zhǎng.Because of excellent results, he was promoted to group leader.
- 提升。Xué xiào nǔ lì tí shēng jiào xué zhì liàng.The school strives to improve teaching quality.
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