# đâu có meaning in Vietnamese: not at all (A1)

> đâu có means “not at all, oh, no” in Vietnamese. It can also mean denial. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/dau-co/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**đâu có**: modest reply · denial

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: dau co

## 1. modest reply (interjection)

not at all, oh, no

The modest answer to a compliment.

- Đâu có, em nói chưa giỏi mà. — Oh no, my Vietnamese isn't good yet.
- Đâu có, chị cũng mới học thôi. — Not at all, I've only just started learning too.

Level: A1

## 2. denial (adverb)

Before a verb, it flatly denies something, like 'but I didn't!' or 'that's not true': *em đâu có nói vậy!*, I never said that! Casual and a little emphatic.

- Saigon: Em đâu có nói vậy! | Hà Nội: Em đâu có nói thế! — I never said that!
- Tui đâu có biết. — I had no idea.

Level: A2

Grammar: [But I didn't! có … đâu, đâu có](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/co-dau-denial/)

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