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提升

Mandarin · pinyin tí shēng

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

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提: tí · hold in hand; lift in hand
升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭

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2–1 · ti2 sheng1

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tai4 sing1

Cantonese word readings for 提升. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to promote (to a higher position); to exalt; to upgrade
to boost; to improve; to advance
to lift up; to elevate (to a higher position)

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