No. 318 in Vietnamese
chục
"Chục" means "ten" or "a group of ten" in English.
In a sentence
Tôi mua một chục quả trứng ở chợ.
I bought a dozen eggs at the market.
In this sentence, "chục" is used to denote a unit of ten items, specifically ten eggs.
Nhà tôi cách trường học khoảng vài chục mét.
My house is about several tens of meters away from the school.
Here, "chục" is used to indicate an approximate value in tens, specifically the distance in meters.
Giá của sản phẩm tăng thêm hai chục ngàn đồng.
The price of the product increased by twenty thousand dong.
In this example, "chục" is used within a numeral phrase (two tens of thousands), specifying a value in tens.
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