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