Definition

1. Adjective:

   • New: Refers to something recently created, acquired, or experienced, not existing before.
   • Fresh: Indicates something is in its original, unused, or pristine condition.
   • Recent: Describes something that has happened or appeared a short time ago.

2. Adverb:

   • Just / Recently: Indicates that an action occurred a very short time ago.
   • Only: Used to emphasize that something happened later than expected or is minimal in scope.
   • Only then: Used in conditional structures to mean "not until" a certain condition is met.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Cô ấy mua một chiếc xe mới. (She bought a new car.)
  • Đây là tin tức mới nhất. (This is the freshest news.)
  • Anh ấy là nhân viên mới. (He is a recent employee.)

• Adverb:

  • Tôi mới về đến nhà. (I just arrived home.)
  • Họ mới chỉ bắt đầu công việc. (They have only just started the work.)
  • Đến tối nay tôi mới rảnh. (I won't be free until tonight.)

Advanced Usage

• "Mới đây": recently, not long ago.

  • Sự kiện mới đây đã gây chấn động. (The recent event caused a shock.)

• "Mới được": can be used to express something was just achieved or is only recently permissible.

  • Tôi mới được tin đó. (I just received that news.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mới mẻ (adj): novel, refreshingly new.

  • Ý tưởng này thật mới mẻ. (This idea is truly novel.)

• Mới tinh (adj): brand new, completely unused.

  • Chiếc áo mới tinh. (A brand new shirt.)

Synonyms

• New: not old, novel.
• Fresh: newly made or obtained.
• Recent: having happened lately.
• Just: a very short time ago.

Related Idioms

• Cũ người mới ta: Literally "old to others, new to us"; means something is not new in general but is new and valuable to the specific user.

  • Chiếc máy tính này là cũ người mới ta. (This computer is hand-me-down but new to me.)

• Bình cũ rượu mới: Literally "old bottle, new wine"; means old form but new content.

  • Chương trình cải cách là kiểu bình cũ rượu mới. (The reform program is a case of old bottle, new wine.)

adj

1. new; fresh; recent
   • năm mới
     new year
   • mới làm
     new-made