上扬

to rise (i.e. number increases) / a price rise / to raise

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

upward trend / rising tendency