thượng

Etymology
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There is also the reading 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.

Adjective

 * 1)  upper; higher; top

Verb

 * 1)  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