# Khác / khác nhau: other / different in Vietnamese (A2)

> After a noun, khác means "other" or "different": người khác (other people, someone else), lúc khác (another time), chỗ khác (somewhere else).

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khac-other/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**other / different**

Pattern: `[noun] + khác · [A] + khác + [B] · [plural noun] + khác nhau · ai khác / cái khác`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: khac, khac nhau

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

After a noun, *khác* means "other" or "different": *người khác* (other people, someone else), *lúc khác* (another time), *chỗ khác* (somewhere else). In a shop: *Chị có màu khác không?* Do you have another colour? With no noun, the classifier carries it: *cái khác*, another one. For people, *ai khác*: *Còn ai khác không?* Anyone else?

Between two things, *khác* means "different from", with no word for "from": *Giọng Sài Gòn khác giọng Hà Nội.* The Saigon accent is different from the Hà Nội one.

When both things come first, end with *khác nhau*, "different from each other": *Hai cái áo này khác nhau.* These two shirts are different. To ask what the difference is, say *khác nhau chỗ nào?*

Not every English "another" is *khác*. *Một ly khác* is a different glass, for example to replace a dirty one. For one more of the same, use *thêm*: *Cho em thêm một ly.*

## A common mistake

✗ Cho em một chai bia khác.

✓ Cho em thêm một chai bia.

*Một chai bia khác* is a different beer, for example instead of the wrong one. For another of the same, one more, use *thêm*.

## Examples

- Chị có màu khác không? — Do you have it in another colour?
- Giọng Sài Gòn khác giọng Hà Nội nhiều lắm. — The Saigon accent is very different from the Hà Nội one.
- Saigon: Hai món này khác nhau chỗ nào vậy? | Hà Nội: Hai món này khác nhau ở chỗ nào thế? — What's the difference between these two dishes?
- Saigon: Hôm nay em bận, để lúc khác nha. | Hà Nội: Hôm nay em bận, để lúc khác nhé. — I'm busy today, let's do it another time.

## Words in this pattern

- [khác](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/khac-other/#s_khac_other): other

## Compare

- [Each other: nhau](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhau-each-other/): each other
- [One more, more: thêm … (nữa)](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/them-nua-more/): more / another
- [No different from: (chẳng) khác gì, khác nào](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khac-gi-just-like/): just like, no different from

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