thăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 升 (“to rise”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

thăng

(colloquial, rare) Clipping of thăng thiên (“to ascend to heaven”).

Noun

thăng

(music, only in compounds, after the name of a note) a sharp
(music) Short for dấu thăng (“sharp sign”).

See also

giáng

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