# Thì đã sao: so what? in Vietnamese (B2)

> Thì đã sao? means "So what?" It comes after a fact someone has raised, and it brushes that fact aside: it doesn't matter, or it changes nothing.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/thi-sao-so-what/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**so what?**

Pattern: `[fact] + thì đã sao (nào)?`

Level: B2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday · Medium: spoken

Typed without accents: thi da sao

*Thì đã sao?* means "So what?" It comes after a fact someone has raised, and it brushes that fact aside: it doesn't matter, or it changes nothing. *Tôi về trễ một chút thì đã sao?* So what if I'm home a bit late?

The pattern is the fact, then *thì đã sao*. The *đã* here doesn't point to the past; it sharpens the challenge, as if asking "what harm has that done?" *Nào* at the end makes it sharper still: *thì đã sao nào?*

As a reply on its own, *Thì sao?* or *Thì đã sao?* shrugs off what someone has just said. *Rồi sao?* is close, and can also simply mean "And then what?"

It's blunt. About yourself, or between friends, it sounds defiant but acceptable, and it can be encouraging: *Thua một trận thì đã sao?* So what if we lost one match? Said to someone older or more senior, it sounds rude, so keep it out of polite conversation. A gentler way to say "it doesn't matter" is *Có sao đâu* or *Không sao*.

You'll hear it in conversation and in film and TV dialogue, and you'll read it in headlines and opinion pieces that want a strong voice.

## Examples

- Saigon: Tôi về trễ một chút thì đã sao? | Hà Nội: Tôi về muộn một chút thì đã sao? — So what if I'm home a bit late?
- Người ta nói ra nói vào thì đã sao? Mình sống cho mình mà. — So what if people talk? I live my own life.
- Thì sao? Ai cũng có lúc sai mà. — So what? Everyone gets things wrong sometimes.
- Thua một trận thì đã sao, mùa sau mình làm lại. — So what if we lost one match? We'll go again next season.

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