In Vietnamese, the word for ten or a currency unit (Vietnamese dong is sometimes called 'tien').
From Vietnamese 'tiền' meaning money or currency, derived from Chinese 'qián' (钱). The word reflects historical trade and cultural influence between Vietnam and China.
Many Asian languages borrowed their words for money from Chinese because of ancient trade routes and cultural dominance—'tien' shows how a single concept can travel along the Silk Road and embed itself in multiple languages with slightly different pronunciations.
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