ức

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɨk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɨk̚˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臆 (“chest”). Compare Proto-Tai *ʔɤkᴰ (“chest”), whence Thai อก (òk).

(classifier cái) ức

1. (of a human) sternum
2. (of a bird, especially a poultry bird) breast

   Đùi hay ức?

   Thigh or breast?

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 抑 (“to repress”).

ức

1. to resent (about something, especially when one can do nothing about it)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 億.

ức

1. (obsolete) one hundred thousand

   Synonym: vẹo

   • 萬萬億爲一兆 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Cửu chương lập thành tính pháp (九章立成併法)

     Vạn vạn ức vi nhất triệu [Sino-Vietnamese]

     A thousand myriads multiplied by 10 myriads is one trillon.

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