hết

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

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.

   A2Grammar: Run out of, no longer: hết + noun or adjective

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.

   A1Grammar: All of it, all gone: verb + hết

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.

   A1Saigon only