How to Say "Minutes" in Vietnamese

phút

[fut̚˧˦]

The Vietnamese word for "minutes" is phút.

phút is used to denote a unit of time equal to sixty seconds.

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The word phút is used in the phrase phút mốt to describe something that happens incredibly quickly, often translated as 'in a jiffy' or 'in a flash'.
In Vietnamese, the word phút can be used to describe a 'moment' of emotional intensity, such as phút yếu lòng for a 'moment of weakness'.
The term phút was recorded in a 1651 dictionary as meaning 'an instant' or 'a very short moment' before it became the standard term for a sixty-second unit.

Hãy chờ ba mươi phút.
Wait thirty minutes.
This sentence shows how to express a specific duration of thirty phút.
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Đừng lâu hơn năm phút.
Don't take more than five minutes.
This sentence is useful for instructing someone not to exceed a five-minute limit using phút.
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Chỉ mất vài phút thôi.
It'll only take a few minutes.
This sentence demonstrates how to say that an action will only take a few phút.
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năm phút
5 minutes
mười phút
10 minutes
ba mươi phút
30 minutes
chốc nữa
In a short while
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