hôm
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Definition
- Noun:
- Day, daytime: Refers to a 24-hour period or the daylight hours of a specific day.
- Evening, night: Can also refer to the evening or night time of a day.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hôm nay trời đẹp. (Today the weather is nice.)
- Anh ấy sẽ về trong vài hôm nữa. (He will return in a few days.)
- Đầu hôm, chúng tôi thường đi dạo. (In the early evening, we often go for a walk.)
Advanced Usage
- "hôm sớm": early in the day; morning.
- Công việc hôm sớm đã xong. (The work from early in the day is finished.)
- "hôm hôm": every other day; every few days.
- Bác sĩ dặn uống thuốc hôm hôm. (The doctor advised taking the medicine every other day.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hôm nay (phrase): today.
- Hôm qua (phrase): yesterday.
- Hôm kia (phrase): the day before yesterday.
- Hôm nọ (phrase): the other day.
- Hôm sớm (phrase): early part of the day.
Synonyms
- Ngày: day (more common for the 24-hour period).
- Buổi tối: evening.
- Ban ngày: daytime.
Related Phrases
- Ăn bữa hôm, lo bữa mai (idiom): Literally "Eat today's meal, worry about tomorrow's meal." Means to live hand to mouth or focus on immediate needs.
- Đầu hôm sớm mai (idiom): From early evening to early morning; implies a duration covering late and early hours.