giờ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gio"

Vietnamese

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.

giờ • (𣇞, 𣉹, 𬁊, 𬁐)

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.
(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”)
(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.
(colloquial) Short for bây giờ (“now”).
Giờ mình đi đâu?
Where are we going now?