How do you say “never” in Vietnamese?

“Never” in Vietnamese is không bao giờ (never), không hề (never), chưa hề (never).

Vietnamese words for “never”

• không bao giờListenadverb
  Hanoi [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ zəː˨˩] · Saigon [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˨˩]không level bao level giờ falling

  never

  for “never” meaning: At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

  • Tôi không bao giờ ngủ.I never sleep.
• không hềListenadverb
  Hanoi [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ he˨˩] · Saigon [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ hej˨˩]không level hề falling

  never; emphatically no or not

  • Tôi không hề nói thế.I never said that.
• chưa hềListenadverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɨə˧˧ he˨˩] · Saigon [cɨə˧˧ hej˨˩]chưa level hề falling

  never

  • Tôi chưa hề mường tượng bạn lại đi xa đến thế.I never could have imagined you would go this far.

Related Vietnamese words

• khôngListenadverb

  not; no; (end-of-sentence yes/no question particle)

• đừngListenverb

  don't

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.