thăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 升.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧]

Verb

thăng

(in compounds) to go up; to rise; to advance; to ascend
(colloquial, rare) Short for thăng thiên (“to ascend to heaven”).

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