thượng tá

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 上佐.

Pronunciation

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

thượng

  1. (military, army) colonel
  2. (military, navy, coast guard) captain