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tuần

Level ≈A1 (approx.) nounverb Sino-Vietnamese Top 1,000 most common
Hanoi [twən˨˩]Huế [twəŋ˦˩]Saigon [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩] browser voice
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tuầnfallinghuyền

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tuần means week.

Chinese characters: 旬

Meanings of tuần in English

Noun

  1. week (any period of seven consecutive days) ≈ tuần lễ
    • nghỉ hè tám tuầnto go on an eight-week summer holiday
  2. week (period of seven days in the Gregorian calendar beginning with Sunday or Monday) ≈ tuần lễ
  3. one of three ten-day periods in a month in the Vietnamese calendar; a week
  4. a decade of age
  5. a time period ≈ thời kỳthời kì
  6. instance, occurrence ≈ lầnlượt
    • tuần rượua drink (of alcohol)
    • tuần hươngthe burn time of a stick of incense

Verb

  1. abbreviation clipping of đi tuần (“to patrol”)
  2. abbreviation clipping of tuần tra (“to patrol”)

Noun

  1. abbreviation clipping of tuần phủ

Words with tuần

cuối tuầnlục tuầntrung tuầntuần báotuần lễtuần santuần trăngtuần hoàntuần duyêntuần hươngtuần lộctuần tiễutuần tratuần tự

Example sentences with tuần

  • Anh ấy sẽ hát vào tuần sau. He'll be singing next week.
  • Nó có thể lạnh vào tuần tới. It may freeze next week.
  • Tuần này tôi đã rất bận rộn. I have been very busy this week.
  • Tom đã mất tích gần ba tuần. Tom has been missing for almost three weeks.
  • Trời mưa khoảng 1 tuần nay rồi. It's been raining for around a week.
  • Mary mang thai đến tuần thứ 36. Mary is 36 weeks pregnant.
  • Tôi phải làm việc vào tuần này. I have to work this weekend.
  • Tuần trước tôi đi công tác đấy. I was on a business trip all last week.

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

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 旬 (“ten-day period”).

Frequently asked questions

What does tuần mean in English?

tuần (noun) means "week".

How do you pronounce tuần?

IPA: Hanoi [twən˨˩]; Saigon [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩]. Tones: tuần — falling tone (huyền).

Is tuần a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. tuần is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 旬.

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.