# hết meaning in Vietnamese: to run out of (A1)

> hết means “to run out of, to be all gone” in Vietnamese. It can also mean all of it, at all. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/het-run-out/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**hết**: run out · all of it · at all

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: het

## 1. run out (verb)

to run out of, to be all gone

*Rồi* usually ends the sentence. Before a describing word it means 'no longer': *hết đau rồi*, it doesn't hurt any more.

- Xin lỗi, hết phở rồi. — Sorry, we're out of phở.
- Điện thoại em hết pin rồi. — My phone's out of battery.

Level: A2

Grammar: [Run out of, no longer: hết + noun or adjective](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/het-run-out/)

## 2. all of it (verb)

all of it, up (as in eat it up)

After a verb: *ăn hết*, eat it all up, with nothing left. With several people it means 'all of them': *về hết rồi*.

- Em ăn hết rồi. — I've eaten it all.
- Uống hết đi con. — Drink it all up.

Level: A1

Grammar: [All of it, all gone: verb + hết](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/het-all/)

## 3. at all (adverb)

At the end of a negative sentence: *không … gì hết*. In Hà Nội, *cả*.

- Saigon: Tui không biết gì hết. | Hà Nội: Mình không biết gì cả. — I don't know anything at all.
- Saigon: Không sao hết. | Hà Nội: Không sao cả. — It's no problem at all.

Said everywhere: [cả](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/ca-all/#s_ca_at_all).

Level: A1 · Saigon only

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