Definition

1. 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.)

1. as soon as