No. 828 in Vietnamese
lượng
"Quantity" or "amount."
In a sentence
Tôi cần một lượng nước đủ để ăn canh.
I need a sufficient amount of water to make soup.
In this sentence, "lượng" is used to indicate a quantity or amount of something, specifically of water in this case.
Anh ấy có một lượng kiến thức sâu rộng về lịch sử.
He has a substantial amount of knowledge about history.
Here, "lượng" is employed to describe the quantity of knowledge that the person possesses.
Lượng mưa năm nay cao hơn năm ngoái.
The amount of rainfall this year is higher than last year.
"Lượng" in this context refers to the measured quantity of an environmental factor, namely rainfall.
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