Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In the near future; soon; before long: Refers to a time that is very close to the present, often implying an event will happen within the next few days or a very short period from now. It conveys a sense of immediacy and proximity in time.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Nay mai sẽ ra đi nước ngoài công tác. (I will be going abroad on business in the near future.)
  • Nay mai sẽ đi du lịch. (We will go traveling soon.)
  • Công việc nay mai là xong. (The work will be finished before long.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used to express anticipation or planning for something imminent, often without a precise date.
  • Hãy chuẩn bị tinh thần, nay mai sẽ có quyết định chính thức. (Be prepared, an official decision will come soon.)

Variants and Related Phrases

• Nay đây mai đó: To be here today, gone tomorrow; to have no fixed abode; to lead a nomadic life or to move around frequently.

  • Cuộc sống của anh ấy nay đây mai đó. (His life is nomadic; he's here today, gone tomorrow.)

• Nay lần mai lữa: To delay repeatedly; to procrastinate; to postpone from one delay to another.

  • Đừng nay lần mai lữa, hãy làm ngay đi. (Don't keep procrastinating; do it right away.)

Synonyms

• Soon: In or after a short time.
• Shortly: In a short time; before long.
• In the coming days: During the days immediately ahead.

Related Idioms

• Nay đợi mai chờ: To wait from one day to the next; to be in a state of prolonged waiting.
  • Cứ nay đợi mai chờ mà chẳng thấy tin tức gì. (We keep waiting day after day but hear no news.)

1. In the near future
   • Nay mai sẽ ra đi nước ngoài công tác
     To be going abroad on business in the near future