# ngàn meaning in Vietnamese: thousand (A1)

> ngàn means “thousand” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/ngan-thousand/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**ngàn**: thousand

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: ngan

## 1. thousand (number)

In Hà Nội: *nghìn*. Prices leave out *đồng*: *hai mươi ngàn* is 20,000 *đồng*.

- Saigon: Ổ bánh mì này hai mươi ngàn. | Hà Nội: Cái bánh mì này hai mươi nghìn. — This bánh mì is twenty thousand.
- Saigon: Cuốn sách này có một ngàn trang. | Hà Nội: Quyển sách này có một nghìn trang. — This book has a thousand pages.

In Hà Nội you say [nghìn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nghin-thousand/#s_nghin_thousand).

Saigon only

Grammar: [Big numbers: trăm, ngàn / nghìn, triệu, tỷ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/big-numbers/)

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