升 – vocab dash

升shēng

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Meanings

1. to ascend; to rise

2. to promote; to elevate

3. liter

4. unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗 (dǒu))

5. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 (shēng))

6. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 (shēng))

7. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 (shēng))

8. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 (shēng))

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我wǒ每天měitiān喝hē1.7升shēng水shuǐ。

I drink 1.7 liters of water each day.

爸爸bàba说shuō他tā明年míngnián就要jiùyào被bèi升shēng为wéi部门bùmén主管zhǔguǎn了le。

Dad said he'd be promoted to section manager next year.

我wǒ看见kànjiàn一yī架jià直zhí升shēng飞机fēijī在zài头顶tóudǐng飞fēi。

I saw a helicopter flying overhead.

这个zhège瓶子píngzi可以kěyǐ装zhuāng两liǎng升shēng热水rèshuǐ。

This bottle is able to contain two liters of hot water.

上个月shànggèyuè我们wǒmen收集shōují了le五wǔ升shēng雨水yǔshuǐ。

Last month, we collected five liters of rainwater.