# Hết: none left / no longer in Vietnamese (A2)

> Before a noun, hết means "run out of, have none left": Nhà mình hết gạo rồi. We're out of rice. In a shop, Hết rồi means it's sold out.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/het-run-out/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**none left / no longer**

Pattern: `[person] + hết + [noun] (rồi) · hết + [adjective or verb] + rồi · sắp hết + [noun]`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: het

Situations: [Shops and services](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/?use=service)

Before a noun, *hết* means "run out of, have none left": *Nhà mình hết gạo rồi.* We're out of rice. In a shop, *Hết rồi* means it's sold out. *Rồi* almost always comes at the end.

Before an adjective or a verb, *hết* means "no longer": a state has come to an end, often a welcome one. *Em hết đau đầu rồi.* My headache's gone. *Trời hết mưa rồi.* It's stopped raining.

*Sắp hết* means "running out, nearly gone": *Điện thoại em sắp hết pin.* My phone's nearly out of battery.

For "not yet", say *chưa hết*: *Trời chưa hết mưa.* It hasn't stopped raining yet. The opposite is *còn*: *còn tiền* (still have money), *còn hai cái* (two left).

*Không … nữa* is close: *Em không đau nữa* also means "it doesn't hurt any more". *Hết … rồi* puts the weight on the ending, *không … nữa* on how things are now. After a verb, *hết* means something else: *ăn hết*, eat it all.

## A common mistake

✗ Trời không hết mưa.

✓ Trời chưa hết mưa.

*Hết* says something has come to an end, so "not yet" is *chưa hết*, not *không hết*.

## Examples

- Nhà mình hết gạo rồi. — We're out of rice.
- Điện thoại em sắp hết pin. — My phone's almost out of battery.
- Em hết đau đầu rồi. — My headache's gone.
- Saigon: Trời chưa hết mưa, chờ chút đi. | Hà Nội: Trời chưa hết mưa, đợi chút đi. — It hasn't stopped raining yet, wait a bit.

## Words in this pattern

- [hết](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/het-run-out/#s_het_run_out): run out

## Compare

- [All of it, all gone: verb + hết](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/het-all/): (do) all of / used up
- [Have left, still to go: còn + noun, còn … nữa](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/con-left/): have left
- [Not any more: không … nữa](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khong-nua-anymore/): no longer

Previous in Time and when things happen: [Right here, right away: ngay, liền](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ngay-right-away/)
Next in Time and when things happen: [Since: từ … (tới giờ), từ khi, từ khi nào](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tu-since/)

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