Out of, leave: ra khỏi
get out of
Pattern: ra khỏi + [place] · ra + [place] (go out to)
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.
Examples
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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Tôi ra khỏi nhà lúc bảy giờ sáng.
I leave the house at seven in the morning.
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Chị Lan vừa ra khỏi phòng.
Lan has just left the room.
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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.
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Con mèo chạy ra khỏi nhà rồi.
The cat has run out of the house.