tuần

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuan"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [twəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (ten-day period).

Noun

tuần

  1. week (any period of seven consecutive days)
    nghỉ hè tám tuần
    to go on an eight-week summer holiday
  2. week (period of seven days in the Gregorian calendar beginning with Sunday or Monday)
  3. one of three ten-day periods in a month in the Vietnamese calendar; a week
  4. a decade of age
  5. a time period
  6. instance, occurrence
    tuần rượu
    a drink (of alcohol)
    tuần hương
    the burn time of a stick of incense
Usage notes

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
Hyponyms
  • (period of ten days in the Vietnamese calendar): thượng tuần, trung tuần, hạ tuần
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from

Verb

tuần

  1. clipping of đi tuần (to patrol)
  2. clipping of tuần tra (to patrol)

Noun

tuần

  1. clipping of tuần phủ

References