nghìn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

ngàn

Etymology

From Old Chinese 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn). Compare Proto-Hlai *C-ŋin (“thousand”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋin˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋin˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋɨn˨˩]

Numeral

nghìn (𠦳)

(Northern Vietnam, cardinal, only in compounds) thousand
Sáng mẹ cho 5 nghìn, chiều mẹ cho 5 nghìn nữa là 10 nghìn.
Mom gave me 5000 in the morning, and then she gave me another 5000, totaling in 10,000.

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