# một nghìn meaning in Vietnamese: one thousand

> một nghìn means “one thousand” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/mot-nghin/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**một nghìn**: one thousand

Typed without accents: mot nghin

## 1. one thousand (number)

Hà Nội's way of saying it, and common in writing; Saigon says *một ngàn*.

- Trường em có hơn một nghìn học sinh. — My school has more than a thousand students.
- Một nghìn mét là một ki-lô-mét. — A thousand meters is a kilometer.

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