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Definition
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.
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
- new; fresh; recent
- năm mớinew year
- mới làmnew-made