chục

See also: chuc, chúc, and chức

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɟuːk (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]
  • (file)

Noun

chục • (逐, 𠦹, 𨔿)

  1. ten
    một chục người ― ten men, one ten of men
    hai chục người ― twenty men, two tens of men
    phần chục ― the first decimal place

Usage notes

  • Một chục is usually used as a synonym of mười (for example, một chục người is synonymous with mười người). However, một in một chục is sometimes dropped in colloquial speech.
  • Unlike mười, which is a true numeral, chục is a noun. As a noun, chục cannot be followed by numerals. *chục một/hai/etc. are ungrammatical. For a parallel, compare English crore, which is a noun used to denote a number and can not be directly followed by another numeral.
  • Used instead of mười if preceded by hàng (in all senses). *Hàng mười is not natively accepted.
  • chục trứng (“ten eggs”) may be used as a unit when concerning purchases of eggs.

Derived terms

Noun

chục

  1. (colloquial) ten thousand dongs
    một chục ― ten thousand dongs
    hai chục ― twenty thousand dongs
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