chục

[t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] 🎙 Say it

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Sense 1

Meaning · English

(noun) ten

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

mười

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Register: informal

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Examples

một chục ngườiten men, one ten of men
hai chục ngườitwenty men, two tens of men

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Sense 2

Meaning · English

(noun) certain sets of numbers, most usually a dozen but might be as high as eighteen

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

một tập hợp số, thường là một tá

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Register: informal

Sense 3

Meaning · English

(noun) ten thousand dongs

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

mười nghìn đồng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Register: informal

Examples

một chụcten thousand dongs
hai chụctwenty thousand dongs

Wiktionary example (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Common questions

What does “chục” mean?

(noun) ten

Is “chục” formal or informal?

chục is generally informal.

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