# Thôi: stop / enough in Vietnamese (A2)

> Thôi at the start of a sentence, or on its own, closes something down: "that's enough", "no thanks", "never mind" or "right, that's it".

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/thoi-enough/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**stop / enough**

Pattern: `Thôi! · Thôi, [person] + [verb] …`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday · Medium: spoken

Typed without accents: thoi

*Thôi* at the start of a sentence, or on its own, closes something down: "that's enough", "no thanks", "never mind" or "right, that's it". It looks back at what has just happened and draws a line under it.

To stop someone: *Thôi!* Stop it! or *Thôi, đủ rồi.* That's enough. Parents comfort a crying child with *Thôi, nín đi con.* There now, stop crying.

To turn down an offer gently: *Thôi, em no rồi.* No thanks, I'm full. *Thôi khỏi* is "no need, don't bother".

To give up on something: *Thôi, bỏ đi.* Never mind, forget it. And *Thôi được* is "oh, all right then", when you give in.

To wrap up and move on, often when leaving: *Thôi, trễ rồi, em về nha.* Right, it's late, I'm off (in Hà Nội, *muộn rồi … nhé*).

The same word at the end of a sentence means "only": *Em uống cà phê thôi*, I only drink coffee. At the start it's "enough"; at the end, "only".

## Examples

- Thôi, nín đi con. — There now, stop crying.
- Thôi, em no rồi. — No thanks, I'm full.
- Thôi, bỏ đi. — Never mind, forget it.
- Saigon: Thôi, trễ rồi, em về nha. | Hà Nội: Thôi, muộn rồi, em về nhé. — Right, it's late, I'm off.

## Words in this pattern

- [thôi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/thoi-only/#s_thoi_enough): enough

## Compare

- [Only: chỉ … thôi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chi-thoi-only/): only
- [No need to: khỏi + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khoi-no-need/): no need to, don't bother

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