som

som — noun

1. the official currency of Kyrgyzstan, used for buying goods and services within t

1.名詞C1
釋義

the official currency of Kyrgyzstan, used for buying goods and services within the country. One som is divided into 100 tyiyn.

例句

After shopping at the Osh bazaar, Nila paid 450 som for a hand-woven rug.

som used for everyday market purchases

Tariq noticed that one US dollar was worth about 89 som at the local bank.

som in exchange-rate contexts

文法句型

number + som

用法筆記

The word 'som' does not change form in the plural — write '50 som', not '50 soms'. The Kyrgyzstan som and the Uzbekistan som are two separate currencies with different values.

常見錯誤

❌I exchanged 200 soms at the bank in Bishkek.
✅I exchanged 200 som at the bank in Bishkek.
💡The word 'som' is the same in both singular and plural forms.
❌The Uzbekistan som is the same currency as the Kyrgyz som.
✅The Uzbekistan som and the Kyrgyz som are two separate currencies with different exchange rates.
💡Each country issues its own independent currency.

2. the official currency of Uzbekistan, used for transactions throughout the countr

2.名詞C1
釋義

the official currency of Uzbekistan, used for transactions throughout the country. One som is divided into 100 tiyin.

例句

Putri handed the taxi driver 10,000 som for the ride from Tashkent airport to the hotel.

som used for local transport fares

Last year Joaquín exchanged euros for som at a currency stall near the Registan.

文法句型

number + som

用法筆記

The Uzbekistan som is sometimes spelled 'so'm' in Uzbek Latin script. Like the Kyrgyzstan som, it does not have a plural form — '5,000 som' is correct, not '5,000 soms'.

常見錯誤

❌The Uzbek som is worth about the same as the Kyrgyz som.
✅The Uzbek som and the Kyrgyz som have different values
💡check the latest exchange rates.' — They are two distinct currencies and should not be assumed equal.

som — abbreviation