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night
Đêm nay trăng rất sáng.
The moon is very bright tonight.
Tôi không ngủ được vào những đêm đó.
I couldn't sleep on those nights.
Refers to the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
evening
Chúng ta hãy gặp nhau vào đêm nay.
Let's meet tonight.
Sometimes used interchangeably with 'buổi tối' (evening) in casual speech.
In formal writing, use 'ban đêm' for 'night' and 'buổi tối' for 'evening' to avoid ambiguity.
'Đêm' is lowercase in Vietnamese unless it starts a sentence or is part of a proper noun.
From Proto-Vietic *ɗem, meaning 'night'.
'Đêm' is commonly used to refer to the nighttime period, but it can also mean 'evening' in some contexts. For formal or precise usage, 'ban đêm' is preferred for 'night' and 'buổi tối' for 'evening'.