"Rising" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xīn xīng (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising / emerging / in the ascendant
 shàng fēng on the up / currently winning / rising (in popularity etc)
 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc)
 jué lì to tower over / rising (to a dominant position)
 xīn xiù rising star / new talent
 shēng jiàng rising and falling
 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
 xù rì the rising sun
 niǎo niǎo rising in spirals
 zhǎng shì rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint
 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 / and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
 zhǎng cháo high tide / rising tide
 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
 lóng rising moon
 xù dawn / rising sun
 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald
 wèi rising of clouds
 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom) / rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
西 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time
 shēng rising of water
 tóng light from the rising moon
 yáng rising sun / sunshine
 shàng yáng qū shì upward trend / rising tendency
 shēng shì rising prices / bull market
 tǔ kǔ shuǐ to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings
 yì yáng shēng jiàng xìng property of rising and lowering
 yáng rising sun / sunshine
 yǎn (of cloud) forming or rising
 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
  rising tide / tide flow
 shuì huí lóng jiào to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning) / to sleep in
 Qín rén jié (jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day
 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life
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