# Khác gì: just like, no different from in Vietnamese

> Khác gì asks "how is it different from …?" without wanting an answer: it says two things are the same.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khac-gi-just-like/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**just like, no different from**

Pattern: `[A] + (chẳng / không) khác gì + [B] · [A] + khác nào + [B]`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: khac gi

Variants:

- khác nào (mostly written)

*Khác gì* asks "how is it different from …?" without wanting an answer: it says two things are the same. *Không khác gì* and *chẳng khác gì* (no different from) mean exactly the same: *Phòng này nóng chẳng khác gì cái lò.* This room is like an oven.

Put what you're describing first, then *(không) khác gì*, then what it's as good as. That can be a thing, a person or a whole action: *Kẹt xe vầy thì khác gì đi bộ.* With traffic like this, we might as well walk (in Hà Nội, *Tắc đường thế này*).

It's usually an exaggeration, so it carries feeling. It can be praise: *Anh nói tiếng Việt không khác gì người Sài Gòn!* You speak Vietnamese just like a Saigon local! With an action, it says what something amounts to, often as a complaint: *Nói vậy khác gì chê em dở.* Saying that is as good as calling me useless.

*Như* (like) and *bằng* (as … as) compare one quality: *cao bằng ba*, as tall as Dad. *Khác gì* says one thing might as well be the other. *Khác nào* and *chẳng khác nào* mean the same and are more common in writing.

With *nhau* (each other), it's usually a real question: *Hai cái này khác gì nhau?* asks what the difference is.

## Examples

- Phòng này nóng chẳng khác gì cái lò. — This room is like an oven.
- Saigon: Kẹt xe vầy thì khác gì đi bộ. | Hà Nội: Tắc đường thế này thì khác gì đi bộ. — With traffic like this, we might as well walk.
- Anh nói tiếng Việt không khác gì người Sài Gòn! — You speak Vietnamese just like a Saigon local!
- Saigon: Nói vậy khác gì chê em dở. | Hà Nội: Nói thế khác gì chê em kém. — Saying that is as good as calling me useless.

## Compare

- [Another, different: khác, khác nhau](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khac-other/): other / different
- [As … as: bằng / như](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bang-nhu-as-as/): as … as

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