tuần
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuan"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twən˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [twəŋ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 旬 (“ten-day period”).
Noun
[edit]tuần
- week (any period of seven consecutive days)
- nghỉ hè tám tuần
- to go on an eight-week summer holiday
- week (period of seven days in the Gregorian calendar beginning with Sunday or Monday)
- one of three ten-day periods in a month in the Vietnamese calendar; a week
- a decade of age
- a time period
- instance, occurrence
- tuần rượu
- a drink (of alcohol)
Usage notes
[edit]As the Gregorian calendar has displaced the Vietnamese lunisolar calendar as a civil calendar, this word has become more closely associated with the former's seven-day week than the latter's ten-day week. Tuần lễ is often used for clarity or emphasis.
Synonyms
[edit]- (any period of seven consecutive days): tuần lễ
- (period of seven days in the Gregorian calendar): tuần lễ
- (time period): thời kỳ, thời kì
- (instance): lần, lượt
Hyponyms
[edit]- (period of ten days in the Vietnamese calendar): thượng tuần, trung tuần, hạ tuần
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
See also
[edit]- (days of the week) ngày trong tuần; thứ hai, thứ ba, thứ tư, thứ năm, thứ sáu, thứ bảy, chủ nhật (Category: vi:Days of the week)
Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 巡
Verb
[edit]tuần
Noun
[edit]tuần
- Clipping of tuần phủ.
References
[edit]- "tuần" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)