thời gian

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 時間, composed of 時 (“time”) and 間 (“interval”), from Japanese 時間 (jikan), from Literary Chinese 時間 (shíjiān, “unit of time; period of time; occasion; now”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəːj˨˩ zaːn˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəːj˦˩ jaːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəːj˨˩ jaːŋ˧˧] === Noun === thời gian time (the inevitable passing of events from past to present then future) a period or duration of time thời gian làm việc ― working hours một thời gian ― a while; for a while a point in time ==== Derived terms ====