升调

Traditional form:

升調

Pinyin (reading):

shēngdiào

Definitions:

• to promote to a higher post
• (linguistics) rising intonation
• (Chinese linguistics) rising tone

Characters:

• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 调 - tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange

Traditional characters:

• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 調 - tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange