RISE    上升起

MOVE UP.
MOVE UP/UPWARDSCOME UPMAKE ONE'S/ITS WAY UPARISEASCENDCLIMBMOUNTSOAR
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general word for rising or raising oneself up, or rising to an upright position of any kind is qǐ 起 (ant. jiàng 降 "go down"). 2. Shēng 升 (ant. xià 下 "go down") refers specifically to the rising of something to a higher level, and these levels can be but do not have to be the ranks of a hierarchy. 3. Jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "be demoted") refers specifically to the rising in the ranks of a hierarchy. 4. Jìn 晉 is a very formal term referring to the rising of something in the ranks of a hierarchy.
Modern Chinese Criteria
上升 升高 升 升起 升騰 蒸騰 騰達 騰 起 奮起 refers figuratively to rising in force. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • STAND UP　RISE SO AS TO BECOME UPRIGHT. (anc: 12/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • DESCENDWALK OR MOVE DOWNWARDS.
  • FALLMOVE DOWN PULLED by the FORCE of one's WEIGHT.
Hypernym
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.21

    • Words (27 items)

    起  qǐ OC: khɯʔ MC: khɨ 28 Attributions

    The most current general word for rising or raising oneself up, or rising to an upright position of any kind is qǐ 起 (ant. jiàng 降 "go down").

      Word relations
    • Ant: 臥 / 臥卧/SLEEP Wò 臥 (ant. qǐ 起 "get up") is often used as a very general term referring to any form of sleep or rest whatsoever, but specifically the word does also refer to taking a brief nap, typically leaning on a low table.
    • Ant: 居/SIT The current word for sitting is not properly zuò 坐 (see KNEEL) but probably jū 居 "sit down", which is a decorous thing to do, although it is not clear in which position, exactly, one ends up, and the suspicion is that one ends up, in fact, kneeling politely in the zuò 坐 fashion.
    • Ant: 廢/COLLAPSE

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessarisingBUDDH: in the Buddhist context referring to the arising of dharmas (which arise only conditioned by and interdependent on other dharmas)
    • virise (as a cloud etc); stand up; rise from one's seat; get up from a sitting or resting position
    • vi-Vrise up to VCH
    • viimperativerise up!CH
    • vpostadVdirectionverbal complement indicating an upward movement
    • vpostadVN=abstractverbal complement with abstract N > (take) up (a phrase)
    • vt+prep+Nrise from
    • vtoNcausativecause to rise> wake up
    上天  shàng tiān MC: dzyangH then OC: ɡljaŋs lʰiin 8 Attributions
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    • VPiascend to HeavenCH
    • VPito the skyrise up to the skyCH
    舉  jǔ OC: klaʔ MC: ki̯ɤ 6 Attributions

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    • virise up; (of birds:) rise up into the sky
    • vtoNraise (something) (often of abstract objects); cause (something) to appear or to be felt intensely, etc
    • vtoNN=concreteto lift up, to raise
    興  xīng OC: qhɯŋ MC: hɨŋ 3 Attributions
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    • viactrise up, rise to one's feet
    • vtoNcausativecause to surge, cause to riseCH
    避席  bì xí OC: beɡs sɢljaɡ MC: biɛ ziɛk 3 Attributions
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    • VPiinchoativeleave the mat one is sitting on and stand up next to it (see XJ 1 for the decisive example which proves that standing up is indeed involved)
    豎  shù MC: dzyuX  OC: djoʔ 2 Attributions
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    • viactstand up erectCH
    • vifigurativeaesthetically: rise straight up, abruptlyCH
    上騰  shàng téng OC: ɡljaŋʔ lɯɯŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ dəŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPirise high, rise up
    上  shàng OC: ɡljaŋʔ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactrise up into the air
    作  zuò OC: tsaaɡs MC: tsuo̝
    作  zuò OC: tsaals MC: tsɑ
    作  zuò OC: tsaaɡ MC: tsɑk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactrise to one's feet
    升  shēng OC: qhljɯŋ MC: ɕɨŋ 2 Attributions

    Shēng 升 (ant. xià 下 "go down") refers specifically to the rising of something to a higher level, and these levels can be but do not have to be the ranks of a hierarchy.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 降/FALL
    • Assoc: 進/RISE Jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "be demoted") refers specifically to the rising in the ranks of a hierarchy.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]what risesCH
    • vichangeneutral: rise in rank
    進  jìn OC: tsins MC: tsin 1 Attribution

    Jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "be demoted") refers specifically to the rising in the ranks of a hierarchy.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 升/RISE Shēng 升 (ant. xià 下 "go down") refers specifically to the rising of something to a higher level, and these levels can be but do not have to be the ranks of a hierarchy.

      Syntactic words
    • vifigurativerise in rank; make progress in one's career of any kind
    • vtoNcausativecause to rise (a position); raise (the rank of someone)
    起立  qǐ lì OC: khɯʔ ɡ-rub MC: khɨ lip 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactrise, stand up
    舉起  jǔ qǐ OC: klaʔ khɯʔ MC: ki̯ɤ khɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNN=concreteto raise, to lift up
    凌  líng MC: ling OC: b-rɯŋ 1 Attribution
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    • nabrising, going in the upward direction (of a slope)CH
    • virise highCH
    • vtoNrise into NDS
    墳  fèn OC: bɯnʔ MC: bi̯un 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vifigurativerise (like a tumulus on a tomb?)??
    漲  zhàng OC: krlaŋs MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNrise to; swell up to
    立體  lì tǐ MC: lip thejX OC: ɡ-rub rʰiiʔ 1 Attribution
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    • VPiactrise up; stand upCH
    遠舉  yuǎn jǔ MC: hjwonX kjoX OC: ɢʷanʔ klaʔ 1 Attribution
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    • VPifigurativerise high (in action and ambition); get far in ambitious orihects or undertakings; 2.猶高飛；遠揚。CH
    蘇  sū MC: su OC: sɡlaa 0 Attributions
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    • virise up againCH
    升為  shēng wéi OC: qhljɯŋ ɢʷal MC: ɕɨŋ ɦiɛ 0 Attributions
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    • VPifigurativerise in status to as to become
    騰  téng OC: lɯɯŋ MC: dəŋ 0 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vichangerise higher
    興為  xīng wéi OC: qhɯŋ ɢʷal MC: hɨŋ ɦiɛ 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNresultativerise so as to become
    出  chū OC: khljud MC: tɕhʷit 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Subject: 日/SUN The standard word for the sun is rì 日.

      Syntactic words
    喁  yóng OC: ŋoŋ MC: ŋi̯oŋ 0 Attributions
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    • viact(of fish) rise to the surface to get air
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
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    • vifigurativeaesthetically: rise straight up, abruptlyCH
    晉  jìn OC: tsins MC: tsin 0 Attributions

    Jìn 晉 is a very formal term referring to the rising of something in the ranks of a hierarchy.

      Syntactic words
    • vichangeformal: rise in rank
    沖  chōng OC: ɡrluŋ MC: ɖuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrise up towards