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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 時. Doublet of thì and giờ.
Originally a Northern innovation. As a topic marker, thời has mostly been supplanted by thì spreading from the South.
Pronunciation
Noun
thời
- time, moment, season
Có thời ngày nào tôi cũng ra ruộng bắt dế, thả diều với lũ bạn.- There was a time when I went to the fields every day to catch crickets and fly the kites with my friends.
- chance, opportunity
Derived terms
Particle
thời
- (Northern Vietnam, dated) Alternative form of thì (topic marker)
O tròn như quả trứng gà. Ô thời/thì đội mũ, ơ thời/thì mang râu.- O is rounded like a chicken egg. Ô wears a hat, ơ has a beard.
1920, Nguyễn Can Mộng, “Bài 6”, in Nam học Hán văn khoá bản:然則／然则 (ránzé) Nhiên tắc=vậy thời, donc.- 然則 Nhiên tắc=if so/thus, donc.
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