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đêm

Level ≈A1 (approx.) noun Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [ʔɗem˧˧]Huế [ʔɗem˧˧]Saigon [ʔɗem˧˧] browser voice
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đêm means night.

Classifier: buổi, màn — e.g. một buổi đêm (one night)

Meanings of đêm in English

Noun

  1. night
    • Đêm qua đi ngủ mấy giờ?When did you go to bed last night?
  2. particularly night — late night after 9 PM, including the wee hours of the morning
    • đi chơi đêmto hang out overnight

Words with đêm

ban đêmchợ đêmcú đêmđêm hômhộp đêmnửa đêmđêm đêm

Example sentences with đêm

  • Anh ta là vua của bóng đêm. He is the king of the night.
  • Tom sẽ không qua đêm ở đây. Tom won't spend the night here.
  • Tôi đã có một đêm tuyệt vời. I had a great night.
  • Tom ở trong nhà giam cả đêm. Tom spent the night in jail.
  • Quán này mở cửa suốt ngày đêm. This store here is open around the clock.
  • Bầy chó hoang đã tru suốt đêm. The pack of wild dogs howled all night.
  • Giữa đêm, Yanni đi xuống dưới tầng. At midnight, Yanni went downstairs.
  • Cô ấy đã khóc cả đêm. She cried throughout the night.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đêm could be written as 店, 𡖵, 𣈔, 𣈘. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *teːm (“night”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *btɔm. Cognate with Muong têm, Tho [Cuối Chăm] teːm¹. Compare Semelai petom, Mon ဗ္တံ, Khmu [Cuang] psɨəm, Riang [Lang] sɔm¹.

Frequently asked questions

What does đêm mean in English?

đêm (noun) means "night".

How do you pronounce đêm?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗem˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɗem˧˧]. Tones: đêm — level tone (ngang).

What classifier is used with đêm?

Common classifiers: buổi, màn — for example "một buổi đêm" (one night).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.