How to Say “Million” in Vietnamese

triệu
[t͡ɕiəw˧˨ʔ]
The English word "million" is triệu in Vietnamese. Wiktionary also lists một triệu.
Meaning: cardinal number (num)

Ways to say it

“million” in Vietnamese
Vietnamese IPA
triệu [t͡ɕiəw˧˨ʔ] (Hà Nội, narrow)
[ʈiw˨˩ʔ] (Huế, narrow)
một triệu [mot̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕiəw˧˨ʔ] (Hà Nội, narrow)
[mok̚˨˩ʔ ʈiw˨˩ʔ] (Huế, narrow)

The word is used as a cardinal number. For example, the term triệu phú means "millionaire".

Which one should you use?

một triệu specifically means "one million", whereas triệu can be used as a standalone number to mean "million" or "millions" depending on the context.

How does it change in a sentence?

The word triệu can function as a standalone noun or number without the preceding word một (one) in many contexts.

Did you know?

  • In casual Vietnamese commerce, people often omit triệu entirely when discussing prices and instead use the slang word củ which means 'tuber'.
  • The word triệu is a Sino-Vietnamese loanword, meaning its roots are actually Chinese rather than indigenous Southeast Asian.
  • The Vietnamese counting system groups numbers by four digits (myriads) due to its Chinese roots, though triệu aligns with the Western million.

Examples in context

  • Có một triệu người ở Auckland.
    There are a million people in Auckland.
    This sentence uses một triệu to describe a population.
    Tatoeba #5911224 by khoaharp, translation #427934 by witbrock
  • Một triệu là một nghìn mũ hai.
    One million is one thousand squared.
    This sentence uses một triệu in a mathematical context.
    Tatoeba #13563871 by leucammieuvu, translation #13563081 by araneo
  • Chúng nó lỗ tới một triệu yên lận.
    Their losses reached one million yen.
    This sentence uses một triệu to describe a financial loss.
    Tatoeba #1510764 by trieuho, translation #305251 by CK
  • một triệu đô la
    One million dollars
  • ba triệu người
    Three million people
  • 9 more sentences on Tatoeba

Example conversation

Tuấn and Lan are discussing the budget for a trip.

  1. Tuấn

    Lan ơi, chuyến đi này tốn bao nhiêu?
    Lan, how much does this trip cost?
  2. Lan

    Chắc khoảng hai triệu mỗi người thôi.
    Probably only about two million per person.
  3. Tuấn

    Vậy là quá rẻ luôn.
    That is so cheap.
  4. Lan

    Đúng vậy, Tuấn nên chuẩn bị tiền nhé.
    Right, Tuan should prepare the money.

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