No. 332 in Vietnamese
cục
"Piece," "lump," or "chunk."
In a sentence
Tôi tìm thấy một cục sỏi nhỏ trên đường.
I found a small pebble on the road.
'Cục' here is used as a classifier or measure word for small, compact objects such as a pebble.
Cậu ấy là cục cưng của gia đình.
He is the darling of the family.
In this sentence, 'cục' is used metaphorically as part of the phrase 'cục cưng,' meaning 'darling' or 'beloved person' in a family context.
Trên bàn có một cục tẩy.
There is an eraser on the table.
Here, 'cục' is employed as a measure word for objects like an eraser, emphasizing its compactness or unitary form.
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