ngày mai

Vietnamese

Etymology

ngày (“day”) +‎ mai (“early morning”).

For the semantic relationship, compare Chinese 明日 (míngrì) and 明天 (míngtiān), Japanese 明日 (ashita).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋaj˨˩ maːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋaj˦˩ maːj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋa(ː)j˨˩ maːj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Adverb

tomorrow
(literary) the future

Synonyms

(colloquial) mai

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