ngay khi
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Definition
- Conjunction:
- As soon as: Used to indicate that one action or event happens immediately after another. It emphasizes the immediacy and lack of delay between two connected events.
Usage Examples
- Conjunction:
- Tôi sẽ gọi cho bạn ngay khi tôi đến nơi. (I will call you as soon as I arrive.)
- Ngay khi chuông reo, các học sinh ùa ra khỏi lớp. (As soon as the bell rang, the students rushed out of the classroom.)
- Hãy báo cho tôi ngay khi bạn có tin tức. (Please inform me as soon as you have news.)
Advanced Usage
- "ngay khi mà": A slightly more emphatic or formal variant with the same meaning as "as soon as."
- Chúng tôi bắt đầu làm việc ngay khi mà dự án được phê duyệt. (We began work as soon as the project was approved.)
Variants and Related Words
Ngay lập tức (adv): immediately, right away. This is an adverb, not a conjunction.
- Cô ấy đồng ý ngay lập tức. (She agreed immediately.)
Khi (conj): when. A more general temporal conjunction without the emphasis on immediacy.
- Tôi đang đọc sách khi điện thoại reo. (I was reading a book when the phone rang.)
Synonyms
- As soon as: Immediately after.
- The moment (that): At the exact point in time when.
- The instant (that): At the very moment when.
Related Idioms
- Ngay và luôn: (slang) right here and now, immediately. This is a colloquial phrase expressing urgency.
- Chúng ta nên giải quyết việc này ngay và luôn. (We should settle this right here and now.)
- as soon as