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thượng uý

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senior captain
Noun
senior captain

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
senior captain

A commissioned officer rank in the military that is above first lieutenant and below captain.

vi Anh ấy vừa được thăng quân hàm lên thượng úy sau những nỗ lực trong quân ngũ.

en He was just promoted to the rank of senior captain after his efforts in the military.

Parts
thượng / uý / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 上尉 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 上尉

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
上尉
Candidates by syllable
thượng 上 uý 慰(畏)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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thượng úy
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Use
thượng đẳng / quyển thượng / thượng hạng / thượng sách …
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