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hour
4 senses
Noun
hour
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4 senses
Sense 1 Noun
hour Time & CalendarTheme Time & calendarTag

A specific time of day, usually asked or expressed with an hour number.

vi Bạn đến vào lúc mấy giờ?

en What time are you arriving?

Sense 2 Noun
traditional two-hour period

One of the twelve two-hour intervals in the traditional Asian timekeeping system, named after zodiac animals.

vi Ngày xưa, người ta gọi nửa đêm là giờ Tý.

en In the traditional system, midnight was called giờ Tý, the Rat hour.

Sense 3 Noun
hour

A measurement of time equal to sixty minutes, representing one of the twenty-four parts of a day.

vi Chuyến đi kéo dài khoảng hai giờ.

en The trip lasted about two hours.

Sense 4 Noun
now

A shortened form of the word used to refer to the present moment or current time.

vi Giờ tôi phải đi rồi.

en Now I have to go.

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