升 shēng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
升学
shēngxué
to go on to higher education
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 许多家庭在孩子升学前，会认真比较不同学校的课程。 Xǔduō jiātíng zài háizi shēngxué qián, huì rènzhēn bǐjiào bùtóng xuéxiào de kèchéng. Before their child goes on to higher education, many families carefully compare different schools' courses.
- 他今年初中毕业，准备升学读高中。 Tā jīnnián chūzhōng bìyè, zhǔnbèi shēngxué dú gāozhōng. He graduates from middle school this year and is preparing to go on to high school.
- 升学考试结束后，同学们都松了一口气。 Shēngxué kǎoshì jiéshù hòu, tóngxuémen dōu sōng le yī kǒu qì. After the entrance exam was over, the classmates all breathed a sigh of relief.
Related words
- 上升 shàngshēng to rise; to go up
- 升 shēng to rise
- 毫升 háoshēng milliliter
- 升高 shēnggāo to rise; to go up
- 飙升 biāoshēng to soar; to skyrocket
- 回升 huíshēng to rise again; to rebound
- 晋升 jìnshēng to be promoted; promotion
- 攀升 pānshēng to rise; to climb
- 升华 shēnghuá to sublimate; to elevate
- 升值 shēngzhí to rise in value; to appreciate
- 直升机 zhíshēngjī helicopter
- 学生 xuésheng student