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giờ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gio"

Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (North Central Vietnam) giừ

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 時 (“time, season; hour”, SV: thì, thời). Doublet of thời and thì. Compare also Central Vietnamese chừ. See also Chinese 時／时 (shí), Japanese 時 (ji) and Korean 시 (si) which have similar dual functions for both time and duration.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

giờ • (𣇞, 𣉹, 𬁊, 𬁐)

  1. unit for specifying a point in time in terms of hours
    bốn giờ năm (phút) ― five past four (literally, “four and five (minutes)”)
    bốn giờ (đúng) ― four (o'clock) (literally, “four exactly”)
    bốn giờ hơn ― a little past four (literally, “four and more”)
    bốn giờ kém ― almost four (literally, “four and less”)
    bốn giờ kém năm (phút) ― five to four (literally, “four and five (minutes) less”)
    bốn (giờ) rưỡi ― half past four
    Mấy giờ ông đi?
    4 giờ chiều.
    What time will you go?
    4 PM.
  2. (historical) one of the twelve two-hour periods in a day in the traditional time system, denoted by the twelve earthly branches
    giờ Tí ― from 11 PM to 1 AM (literally, “the Rat hours”)
  3. (formal) hour
    Synonym: tiếng
    giờ (đồng hồ) ― hour(s)
    Hãy hoàn thành nhiệm vụ này trong vòng 4 giờ.
    Complete this task within 4 hours.
  4. (colloquial) Short for bây giờ (“now”).
    Giờ mình đi đâu?
    Where are we going now?

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