新 兴 xīn xīng (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising / emerging / in the ascendant 上 风 shàng fēng on the up / currently winning / rising (in popularity etc) 初 升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc) 崛 立 jué lì to tower over / rising (to a dominant position) 新 秀 xīn xiù rising star / new talent 升 降 shēng jiàng rising and falling 小 将 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) 旭 日 xù rì the rising sun 袅 袅 niǎo niǎo rising in spirals 涨 势 zhǎng shì rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices) 苦 水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint 来 潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period 四 声 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 涨 潮 zhǎng cháo high tide / rising tide 阳 平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua 起 早 贪 黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late 上 声 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin 升 调 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 胧 lóng rising moon 旭 xù dawn / rising sun 兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald 霨 wèi rising of clouds 青 云 直 上 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom) / rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career 东 兔 西 乌 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 泩 shēng rising of water 朣 tóng light from the rising moon 暘 yáng rising sun / sunshine 上 扬 趋 势 shàng yáng qū shì upward trend / rising tendency 升 市 shēng shì rising prices / bull market 吐 苦 水 tǔ kǔ shuǐ to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings 抑 扬 升 降 性 yì yáng shēng jiàng xìng property of rising and lowering 旸 yáng rising sun / sunshine 渰 yǎn (of cloud) forming or rising 第 二 声 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone 阳 平 声 yáng píng shēng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua 上 升 的 趋 势 rising tide / tide flow 睡 回 笼 觉 shuì huí lóng jiào to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning) / to sleep in 擒 人 节 Qín rén jié (jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day 起 居 作 息 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