Chinese word dictionary

擢升

zhuó shēng · to promote (sb); to upgrade; to ascend

Practice word

Word information

Simplified擢升

Traditional擢升

Pinyinzhuó 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.

擢zhuó

to pull up, to raise; to select

升shēng

to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise

How to learn 擢升

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.

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Words with the same characters

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升shēng

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

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

提升tíshēng

to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve