# Không … chút nào: not at all in Vietnamese (B1)

> To say "not at all", "not one bit", put chút nào at the end of a sentence with không: Món này không cay chút nào. This dish isn't spicy at all.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ti-nao-at-all/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**not at all**

Pattern: `[person] + không + [verb or adjective] + chút nào / tí nào (cả)`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: khong … chut nao, khong … ti nao

Saigon: chút nào | Hà Nội: tí nào

Variants:

- không … chút nào hết
- không + adjective + gì hết (Southern)

To say "not at all", "not one bit", put *chút nào* at the end of a sentence with *không*: *Món này không cay chút nào.* This dish isn't spicy at all. *Chút* is "a little", so it's literally "not even a little". In Hà Nội *tí nào* is more usual: *không cay tí nào*.

It goes mostly with adjectives and verbs of feeling: *Em không thích chút nào.* I don't like it one bit. Saigon speakers often add *hết*: *không thích chút nào hết*. After an adjective you'll also hear *gì hết*: *Không vui gì hết.* Not fun at all. Careful: after an ordinary verb, *không … gì hết* means "nothing": *Em không ăn gì hết* is "I didn't eat anything".

Compare the other "not at all" patterns. *Không … đâu* puts someone's mind at rest: *Không cay đâu*, it isn't spicy, don't worry. *Chút nào* just says the amount is zero, often as a complaint or a firm opinion. *Không hề*, before the verb, is the firmest and sounds more written.

## Examples

- Saigon: Món này không cay chút nào. | Hà Nội: Món này không cay tí nào. — This dish isn't spicy at all.
- Saigon: Em không thích chút nào hết. | Hà Nội: Em không thích tí nào cả. — I don't like it one bit.
- Saigon: Hôm nay đi chơi không vui gì hết. | Hà Nội: Hôm nay đi chơi không vui tí nào. — Today's outing wasn't fun at all.
- Saigon: Anh ấy không giống ba chút nào. | Hà Nội: Anh ấy không giống bố tí nào. — He doesn't look like his dad at all.

## Compare

- [Not at all, never ever: không hề / chưa hề](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khong-he-never/): not in the least
- [Not at all, really: không … đâu](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khong-dau-not-at-all/): not at all
- [Nobody, nothing, nowhere: không … ai / gì / đâu](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/qword-khong-nobody/): nobody / nothing
- [Throwing a word back: X + gì mà + X](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/gi-ma-reject/): X? not at all! / enough X-ing!

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