# Ra khỏi: get out of in Vietnamese (A2)

> Khỏi means "out of, away from", and ra khỏi is leaving a place: Chị Lan vừa ra khỏi phòng. Lan has just left the room.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ra-khoi/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**get out of**

Pattern: `ra khỏi + [place] · ra + [place] (go out to)`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: ra khoi

*Khỏi* means "out of, away from", and *ra khỏi* is leaving a place: *Chị Lan vừa ra khỏi phòng.* Lan has just left the room. The place comes straight after *khỏi*.

Keep it apart from *ra* alone. *Ra* and a place is where you go out to: *ra biển* (go out to the beach), *ra chợ* (go out to the market). *Ra khỏi* and a place is where you leave: *ra khỏi nhà* (leave the house). So *ra sân bay* is going to the airport, and *ra khỏi sân bay* is coming out of it.

*Khỏi* works after other verbs of leaving too: *đi khỏi* (go away from), *chạy ra khỏi* (run out of). *Rời* (leave) is close, and *rời khỏi* is common in writing and the news: *rời khỏi Việt Nam*, leave Vietnam.

When the place is obvious, people simply say *ra ngoài*, go out: *Em ra ngoài chút nha.* I'm popping out for a bit.

In everyday speech, *khỏi* before a verb means something else, "no need to": *Khỏi lo!* No need to worry.

## A common mistake

✗ Sáng nay tôi ra nhà lúc bảy giờ.

✓ Sáng nay tôi ra khỏi nhà lúc bảy giờ.

*Ra* and a place is where you go out to. To leave a place, add *khỏi*: *ra khỏi nhà*.

## Examples

- Tôi ra khỏi nhà lúc bảy giờ sáng. — I leave the house at seven in the morning.
- Chị Lan vừa ra khỏi phòng. — Lan has just left the room.
- Saigon: Ra khỏi chợ, em quẹo trái nha. | Hà Nội: Ra khỏi chợ, em rẽ trái nhé. — When you come out of the market, turn left.
- Con mèo chạy ra khỏi nhà rồi. — The cat has run out of the house.

## Compare

- [Moving in a direction: ra, vô / vào, lên, xuống, về, qua, tới](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/direction-verbs/): out / in / up / down / back / across / to
- [No need to: khỏi + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khoi-no-need/): no need to, don't bother

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