Vietnamese

Adverb

rưởi ‎(𥙪)

1. (after a power of ten greater than ten) and a half; and fifty, and five hundred, and five thousand, and half a million, and five million, and five billion, etc.

   một trăm rưởi

   one hundred fifty

   một triệu rưởi

   a million and a half

Usage notes

Rưỡi is used for halves of a whole, or for halves of time measurements, while rưởi is used for halves of larger numeric groupings such as hundreds or thousands.

Related terms

• rưỡi

References

• "rưởi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)