Definition

1. Noun:
   • Morning, morning time: Refers to the period of time from dawn until noon.
   • This morning: Specifically refers to the morning of the current day.

Usage

• Ban sáng is a common noun used to indicate a time of day. It is often used with prepositions like vào (in/on) or trong (in) to form adverbial phrases of time.
• It can be used generally to talk about mornings as a concept or specifically to refer to "this morning."
• It is a neutral, standard term suitable for both spoken and written Vietnamese.

Examples

• General morning:
  • Ban sáng ở đây rất mát mẻ. (The mornings here are very cool.)
  • Tôi thường tập thể dục vào ban sáng. (I usually exercise in the morning.)
• This morning:
  • Ban sáng nay tôi có một cuộc họp quan trọng. (I have an important meeting this morning.)
  • Chúng tôi đã gặp nhau vào ban sáng. (We met this morning.)

Advanced Usage

• Vào cái ban sáng hôm ấy...: On that particular morning... (Used to introduce a narrative about a specific past morning).
  • Vào cái ban sáng hôm ấy, trời mưa rất to. (On that particular morning, it rained heavily.)
• Suốt ban sáng: Throughout the morning.
  • Cô ấy đã làm việc chăm chỉ suốt ban sáng. (She worked hard throughout the morning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sáng (n): Morning. (A shorter, more colloquial form. "Ban sáng" is slightly more formal or descriptive).
  • Sáng nay trời đẹp. (The weather is nice this morning.)
• Buổi sáng (n): Morning. (Very common, nearly interchangeable with "ban sáng" in many contexts).
  • Buổi sáng thức dậy, tôi luôn uống một ly nước. (In the morning when I wake up, I always drink a glass of water.)
• Bình minh (n): Dawn, daybreak. (Refers specifically to the very early morning when the sun rises).
• Trưa (n): Noon, midday. (The time period following the morning).

Synonyms

• Buổi sáng: Morning.
• Sáng: Morning (short form).

Related Phrases

• Đầu ban sáng: Early in the morning.
  • Chúng tôi sẽ khởi hành từ đầu ban sáng. (We will depart early in the morning.)
• Giữa ban sáng: Mid-morning.
  • Cô ấy thường uống cà phê vào giữa ban sáng. (She usually drinks coffee mid-morning.)

Related Idioms

• Sớm ban mai / Sớm tinh mơ: In the early hours of the morning, at the crack of dawn. (Emphasizes the earliness).
  • Ông ấy dậy từ sớm ban mai để đi câu cá. (He gets up at the crack of dawn to go fishing.)

1. This morning, in the morning