How do you say “now” in Vietnamese?

“Now” in Vietnamese is bây giờ (now), giờ (hour), hiện tại (the present).

Vietnamese words for “now”

• bây giờListenadverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓəj˧˧ zəː˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓəj˧˧ jəː˨˩]bây level giờ falling

  now

  for “now” meaning: At the present time.

  • Bây giờ!Now!
• giờListennoun
  Hanoi [zəː˨˩] · Saigon [jəː˨˩]giờ falling

  hour; o'clock; now

  • Giờ sao?Now what?
• hiện tạiListennoun
  Hanoi [hiən˧˨ʔ taːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [hiəŋ˨˩˨ taːj˨˩˨]hiện heavy tại heavy

  the present

  for “now” meaning: At the present time.

  • Hiện tại là năm giờ.It's five o'clock now.
• hiện nayListenadverb
  Hanoi [hiən˧˨ʔ naj˧˧] · Saigon [hiəŋ˨˩˨ na(ː)j˧˧]hiện heavy nay level

  now; presently; nowadays

  • Hiện nay mọi thứ đều ổn.For now, everything's fine.

Related Vietnamese words

• chừListenadverb

  now

• giờ đâyListenadverb

  now; at present

• ràyListenadverb

  now; today; this time

• niListenadverb

  this

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.