ngàn
thousand
Typed without accents: ngan
Meaning
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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thousand
numberIn Hà Nội: nghìn. Prices leave out đồng: hai mươi ngàn is 20,000 đồng.
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This bánh mì is twenty thousand.
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This book has a thousand pages.
In Hà Nội you say nghìn.
Saigon onlyGrammar: Big numbers: trăm, ngàn / nghìn, triệu, tỷ
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