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ngày

Level ≈A1 (approx.) noun Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [ŋaj˨˩]Huế [ŋaj˦˩]Saigon [ŋa(ː)j˨˩] browser voice
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ngày means day.

Meanings of ngày in English

Noun

  1. day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to the following midnight; rotational period of a planet; part of a day period which one spends at one's job, school, etc.) ≈ hômbữa
    • ngày nghỉa day off
  2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)
    • ngủ ngàyto sleep by day
  3. date (that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.; point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

Words with ngày

Synonyms and antonyms of ngày

Antonyms

Example sentences with ngày

  • Hôm nay là một ngày ấm áp. Today is a warm day.
  • Thứ Tư là ngày sau Thứ Ba. Wednesday is after Tuesday.
  • Mỗi ngày bạn đều đến đây à? Do you come here every day?
  • Ngày nào tôi cũng bơi ở đây. I swim here every day.
  • Tôi mất ba ngày để dọn phòng. It took me three days to clean the room.
  • Họ làm việc tám giờ một ngày. They work eight hours a day.
  • Mỗi ngày tôi đều đến nhà thờ. I go to church every day.
  • Hôm nay là ngày phát lương à? Is today payday?

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, ngày could be written as 㝵, 𣈜, 𣈗. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-ŋiː, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tŋiːʔ (“day”); cognate with Muong ngày, Khmer ថ្ងៃ (thngay, “day”), Koho töngai (“day”), Pacoh ingay (“day”), Khasi sngi (“day”), Mon တ္ၚဲ (“sun, day”).

Frequently asked questions

What does ngày mean in English?

ngày (noun) means "day".

How do you pronounce ngày?

IPA: Hanoi [ŋaj˨˩]; Saigon [ŋa(ː)j˨˩]. Tones: ngày — falling tone (huyền).

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.