y nhiên

Y nhiên, chiếc bình cổ vẫn đứng trên kệ sau nhiều năm.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • As before / unchanged / still: An archaic or literary term meaning in the same state or condition as previously; remaining without alteration.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Cảnh vật nơi đây y nhiên như mười năm trước. (The scenery here remains unchanged from ten years ago.)
  • Dù đã qua nhiều biến cố, tình bạn của họ vẫn y nhiên. (Despite many upheavals, their friendship remains as before.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily found in classical or formal literary texts and is rarely used in modern conversational Vietnamese. It conveys a sense of continuity and permanence.

Variants and Related Words

• Y nguyên (adv): intact, exactly as it was; completely unchanged.
  • Căn phòng được giữ y nguyên. (The room was kept intact.)

Synonyms

• Unchanged: not altered or modified.
• As before: in the same way as previously.
• Still: continuing to be the same.