tuần
Definition
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.
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.)