# Hàng chục / hàng trăm: tens / hundreds of in Vietnamese

> Put hàng before chục (ten), trăm (hundred), ngàn (thousand) or triệu (million) to say "dozens of", "hundreds of", "thousands of", "millions of": hàng…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hang-chuc-dozens/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**tens / hundreds of**

Pattern: `hàng + chục / trăm / ngàn / triệu + [noun]`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: hang chuc, hang tram

Saigon: hàng chục / trăm / ngàn / triệu | Hà Nội: hàng chục / trăm / nghìn / triệu

Variants:

- hàng vạn (news, Northern-leaning)

Put *hàng* before *chục* (ten), *trăm* (hundred), *ngàn* (thousand) or *triệu* (million) to say "dozens of", "hundreds of", "thousands of", "millions of": *hàng chục người* (dozens of people), *hàng trăm món* (hundreds of dishes), *hàng ngàn du khách* (thousands of tourists; in Hà Nội, *hàng nghìn*). No number goes in front, and no *những* or *các*: *hàng* already means "many of them".

It gives a large, rough number, often to show scale or surprise: *Em gửi hàng chục email rồi mà chưa ai trả lời.* I've sent dozens of emails and nobody has answered. Vietnamese counts in tens here, where English counts in dozens.

You can stack two for bigger amounts: *hàng chục ngàn* (tens of thousands), *hàng trăm triệu* (hundreds of millions). In the news you'll also see *hàng vạn* (tens of thousands), an older word that sounds Northern; Saigon speech says *hàng chục ngàn*.

Don't mix this up with *hàng* before a time word, which means "every": *hàng ngày* (every day), *hàng tuần* (every week). Before a number word, it means "many".

## Examples

- Saigon: Lễ hội này thu hút hàng ngàn du khách. | Hà Nội: Lễ hội này thu hút hàng nghìn du khách. — This festival draws thousands of tourists.
- Em gửi hàng chục email rồi mà chưa ai trả lời. — I've sent dozens of emails and nobody's replied yet.
- Cái xe đó giá hàng tỷ. — That car costs billions of đồng.
- Saigon: Hàng chục ngàn người đi xem pháo hoa. | Hà Nội: Hàng chục nghìn người đi xem pháo hoa. — Tens of thousands of people went to see the fireworks.

## Compare

- [A whole series of: hàng loạt, một loạt](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hang-loat/): a series of / many

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