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