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thời gian

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 時間, composed of (time) and (interval), from Japanese 時間 (jikan), from Literary Chinese 時間 (shíjiān, unit of time; period of time; occasion; now).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thời gian

  1. time (the inevitable passing of events from past to present then future)
    Thời gian là vô cùng tận.
    Time is eternal.
  2. a period or duration of time
    thời gian làm việcworking hours
    một thời giana while; for a while
  3. a point in time
    Thời gian lúc này là một giờ mười lăm phút.
    The time now is a quarter past one.

Derived terms

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