Chinese word dictionary

厘升

lí shēng · centiliter

Practice word

Word information

Simplified厘升

Traditional釐升

Pinyinlí shēng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

厘lí

one thousandth

升shēng

to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise

How to learn 厘升

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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升shēng

to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter

厘米límǐ

centimeter

上升shàngshēng

to rise; to go up; to ascend

升shēng

to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]); to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])

升级shēngjí

to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade

升温shēngwēn

to become hot; temperature rise; (fig.) to intensify; to hot up; to escalate; to get a boost