Definition

1. Noun:

   • Week: A period of seven consecutive days, commonly used as a standard unit of time.
   • Decade (of a month): A period of ten days, used to divide a month into three parts: the first (thượng tuần), middle (trung tuần), and last (hạ tuần) decade.
   • Decade (of age): A period of ten years in a person's life, often used in formal or literary contexts to denote ages in multiples of ten (e.g., tứ tuần for forty years old).
   • Period, Phase: A specific, often recurring, period of time or stage in a sequence.
   • Turn, Round: One complete cycle or rotation in a sequence of actions, such as serving drinks.

2. Noun (historical/administrative):

   • Guard, Watchman: A person responsible for guarding or patrolling a village in feudal or colonial times.
   • Provincial Governor (shortened from "tuần phủ"): A high-ranking provincial official in historical administrative systems.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Week):

  • Một tuần có bảy ngày. (A week has seven days.)
  • Chúng tôi sẽ gặp lại vào tuần sau. (We will meet again next week.)

• Noun (Decade of a month):

  • Kế hoạch sẽ hoàn thành vào hạ tuần tháng này. (The plan will be completed in the last decade of this month.)

• Noun (Decade of age):

  • Cụ ông đã bước sang tuần thứ tám. (The old man has entered his eighth decade [is over seventy].)

• Noun (Turn):

  • Anh ấy uống hết một tuần rượu. (He drank a full round of wine.)

• Noun (Historical):

  • Ông lão từng làm tuần trong làng. (The old man used to be a village guard.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuần trăng mật": honeymoon (literally, "honey moon period").

  • Họ đang tận hưởng tuần trăng mật ở Paris. (They are enjoying their honeymoon in Paris.)

• "tới tuần cập kê": to reach marriageable age (a literary phrase, often for a young woman).

  • Cô gái đã tới tuần cập kê. (The girl has reached marriageable age.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuần lễ (n): Week (the full, formal term).

  • Dự án kéo dài hai tuần lễ. (The project lasts two weeks.)

• Tuần phủ (n): Provincial Governor (historical title).

  • Tuần phủ đó nổi tiếng là thanh liêm. (That governor was famous for being incorruptible.)

• Tuần tra (v): To patrol.

  • Cảnh sát đang tuần tra trong khu phố. (The police are patrolling the neighborhood.)

Synonyms

• Week: A seven-day period.
• Decade: A ten-day period or a ten-year age period.
• Phase: A distinct period or stage.
• Round: A cycle or turn in a sequence.
• Guard: A person who keeps watch.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Chạy như ma đuổi: To run very fast (literally, "to run as if chased by a ghost"). (Note: This idiom contains "chạy," not "tuần," and is provided here as a common Vietnamese idiom for comparison of structure.)
• Đầu tuần, cuối tuần: Beginning of the week, end of the week.
  • Chúng tôi họp vào đầu tuần. (We meet at the beginning of the week.)