ngày hôm nay

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === ngày (“day”) +‎ hôm nay (“today”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaj˨˩ hom˧˧ naj˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaj˦˩ hom˧˧ naj˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋa(ː)j˨˩ hom˧˧ na(ː)j˧˧] === Noun === ngày hôm nay (formal and literary) today Synonyms: hôm nay, bữa nay === Adverb === ngày hôm nay (formal and literary) today (on the current day) Synonyms: hôm nay, bữa nay ==== Usage notes ==== This compound is pretty much never used in the colloquial register, where hôm nay, bữa nay (and their reduced forms) are used, but it is common in literature and formal contexts, such as when speaking to an audience.