giờ

• (North Central Vietnam) giừ

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.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jəː˨˩]

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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?

• giây
• phút