thăng thiên

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 升天. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ tʰiən˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ tʰiəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ tʰiəŋ˧˧] === Verb === thăng thiên to ascend to heaven (informal, by extension) to die