thượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    There is also the reading thướng derived from the Middle Chinese verb, meaning "to go up, to ascend", but is very rarely, if ever, used in Vietnamese and mostly seen in Sino-Vietnamese transcriptions of Chinese texts.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˨˩˨]

    Adjective

    thượng

    1. (only in fixed expressions) upper; higher; top
      Antonym: hạ
      sông Nin Thượngthe Upper Nile

    Derived terms

    Verb

    thượng

    1. (colloquial) to put or bring (something) up on (a place in an unsightly way, where the thing does not belong); to put up high; to jump up