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 tá

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