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HSK
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
HSK 3
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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to rise / to go up
HSK 5
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
HSK 3
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  *涨* | 涨* | *涨
to rise (of prices, rivers)
HSK 5
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
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  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with
HSK 4
(idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
(idiom) to rise into the air
to rise in value / to appreciate
HSK 6
to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
HSK 6
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
HSK 7-9
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch
podium building (low-rise structure attached to or surrounding a high-rise tower)
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
to raise / to hoist / to rise
(of prices etc) to rise
to clamber up / (of prices etc) to rise
HSK 7-9
upside / potential to rise
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
to flourish then decline / rise and fall
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall
to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound
to flourish and decay / rise and fall
to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)
HSK 7-9
to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
fortunes rise and fall; times change
to rebel; to rise in revolt
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
rise and fall
to rise to fame
(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock)
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
to rise from the ashes (idiom) / to thrive again after surviving an ordeal
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high
HSK 7-9
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
to rise rapidly / to soar
HSK 7-9
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
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  *翘* | 翘* | *翘
to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt
HSK 7-9
(coll.) rope access technician; industrial climber; (esp.) high-rise window washer
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to cause (prices etc) to rise
extent of an increase / percentage rise
to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions
(idiom) to rise to fame
to rise vigorously / a spirited start
to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc)
rise of water level
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
(of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
high-rise building / skyscraper
to rise high; to spring up
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  *兴* | 兴* | *兴
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up / turbulent times / violent development (idiom)
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to float up / to rise to the surface / fig. to rise in the world
to go up / to rise
to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
to rise into the air; to become airborne
(idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
extent of a rise (in prices etc) / amount of increase / growth (typically expressed as a percentage)
to give rise (to) / to spawn / to spread (to)
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom) / fig. to get excited and move to action
to increase sharply / to rise dramatically
ups and down / rise and fall
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
(old) to stand up (after kowtowing) / You may rise.
a step up / to rise to the next level
to drift about; to move unsteadily / (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable / (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
to rise / to ascend / to leap up
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  *振* | 振* | *振
to shake / to flap / to vibrate / to resonate / to rise up with spirit / to rouse oneself
to go all out / to rise to
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  *凌* | 凌* | *凌
to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to join the nobility / to rise through the nobility
rise or fall in price
to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
(of a currency, price etc) to strengthen; to be on the rise
(of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply

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