No. 611 in Vietnamese
thùng
"Thùng" means "box" or "container" in English.
In a sentence
Tôi có một cái thùng rỗng trong nhà.
I have an empty box in the house.
In this sentence, 'thùng' refers to a container or a box.
Anh ấy đã dùng thùng nước để tưới cây.
He used a bucket of water to water the plants.
Here, 'thùng' depicts a bucket used for containing water.
Khi mở thùng thư, tôi nhận được một lá thư bất ngờ.
When opening the mailbox, I received an unexpected letter.
In this context, 'thùng' is part of the compound 'thùng thư', meaning mailbox.
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