Definition

Noun: * Time: A period or interval; the measurable duration during which events occur. Specifically refers to time as a valuable resource for human activities.

Usage

• "Thì giờ" is used to talk about time in the context of its availability, use, or passage, especially regarding how people spend, waste, or manage it.
• It is often interchangeable with "thời gian" but can carry a slightly more formal or literary nuance.

Examples

• (He doesn't have time to go to the movies.)
• (She knows how to use her time effectively.)
• Thì giờ trôi qua rất nhanh. (Time passes very quickly.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bỏ phí thì giờ" / "Lãng phí thì giờ": To waste time.
  • Đừng bỏ phí thì giờ vào những việc vô ích. (Don't waste time on useless things.)
• "Giết thì giờ": To kill time.
  • Tôi đọc sách để giết thì giờ khi chờ tàu. (I read a book to kill time while waiting for the train.)
• "Dành thì giờ": To spend time, to allocate time.
  • Bạn nên dành nhiều thì giờ hơn cho gia đình. (You should spend more time with your family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thời gian (n): Time. A more common and general synonym for "thì giờ".
• Giờ (n): Hour; time (as in clock time). Can be part of compound words related to time.
• Khoảng thời gian (n): Period of time, interval.

Synonyms

• Thời gian: Time.
• Khoảng thời gian: Period, interval.

Related Idioms

• "Thì giờ là vàng bạc": Time is money.
  • Hãy nhớ rằng thì giờ là vàng bạc. (Remember that time is money.)
• "Thì giờ thấm thoát thoi đưa": Time flies (Literary: Time slips away swiftly like a shuttle).
  • Thì giờ thấm thoát thoi đưa, mới đó mà con tôi đã lớn. (Time flies, my child is already grown up.)

noun

1. time