Run out of, no longer: hết + noun or adjective

none left / no longer

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

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Typed without accents: het

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.

Examples

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  • 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.

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