"To ascend" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 升 |  shēng | to ascend / to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]) / to promote / to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]) |   |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise / to go up / to ascend | |
| 升高 | shēng gāo | to raise / to ascend | |
| 升腾 | shēng téng | to rise / to ascend / to leap up | |
| 跃升 | yuè shēng | to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend | |
| 爬升 | pá shēng | to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion | |
| 擢升 | zhuó shēng | to promote (sb) / to upgrade / to ascend | |
| 登 | dēng | to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 跻 | jī | (literary) to ascend / to climb / to mount | |
| 陟 | zhì | to advance / to ascend / to promote | |
