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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 上.
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
Adjective
thượng
- (only in fixed expressions) upper; higher; top
- Antonym: hạ
- sông Nin Thượng ― the Upper Nile
Derived terms
Verb
thượng
- (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