cuộc hẹn
The English phrase 'appointment' is translated into Vietnamese as cuộc hẹn.
The term cuộc hẹn is versatile and can be used for both social appointments, such as a date or meeting a friend and professional appointments. You can also use the verb hẹn to mean 'to make an appointment' or 'to promise to meet'. Common related phrases include Đặt lịch hẹn (Make an appointment), Hủy lịch hẹn (Cancel an appointment) and Thời gian hẹn (Appointment time).
Meaning: arrangement for a meeting, an engagement (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word cuộc hẹn is composed of cuộc, which is a classifier for events or occurrences and hẹn, which means to promise to meet or to make an appointment.
Did you know?
- Using the word hẹn can sometimes sound quite poetic or literary when used in songs, referring to a destiny or a predestined meeting between two people.
- The word hẹn is a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chinese character 限, which originally refers to a 'limit' or 'boundary'.
- If you want to say you are 'late' for an appointment, you use the word trễ or muộn, but the concept of 'missing' the appointment entirely is often described by saying you 'forgot' the appointment.
Examples in context
- Tôi đã huỷ cuộc hẹn với cô ấy.I canceled an appointment with her.This sentence demonstrates how to express canceling the appointment with cuộc hẹn.Tatoeba #5160037 by truongap, translation #261091 by Swift
- Tôi có một cuộc hẹn lúc ba giờ.I have an appointment at three.This sentence shows how to state that you have an appointment at a specific time using cuộc hẹn.Tatoeba #5145607 by truongap, translation #3444808 by macaboy
- Lịch hẹn nha sĩ của tôi là vào ngày mai.My dentist appointment is tomorrow.
- Tôi có buổi hẹn với giám đốc buổi chiều.I have an appointment with the director in the afternoon.
- Bạn có thể đặt lịch hẹn với bác sĩ vào ngày mai không?Can you schedule an appointment with the doctor for tomorrow?
- Tôi xác nhận lịch hẹn của chúng ta vào thứ Sáu này.I confirm our appointment for this Friday.
- Tôi có một cuộc hẹn vào ngày mai.I have an appointment tomorrow.
Example conversation
Hùng is asking Chi about her schedule.
- HùngChi ơi, bạn có bận không?Chi, are you busy?
- ChiMình có một cuộc hẹn lúc hai giờ.I have an appointment at two o'clock.
- HùngCuộc hẹn đó có quan trọng không?Is that appointment important?
- ChiCó, nó rất quan trọng với mình.Yes, it is very important to me.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cuộc, hẹn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
