hết

See also: het, hét, hèt, -het, and нет

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *heːt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔət ~ *ʔəət (“used up, finished, lacking”). Cognate with Thavung hɨ́t ("all"), Bahnar ơ̆t (“to hold breath, to fast”), Proto-Katuic *ʔet (“exhausted”) (whence Kuy ʔɛt ("tired")), Mon အိုတ် (“to be finished, exhausted”), Khmer អត់ (ʼɑt), Pear ʔet ("not"), Sa'och ʔeːt ("all"), Riang [Lang] ʔət¹ ("to stop, to halt").

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *tŋ-ʔaːm (“jaw”) (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *haːr (“two”) (> Vietnamese hai), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

For the semantic relationship, compare maybe English over, over-, German alle, all.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [het̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [het̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [həːt̚˦˥]

Verb

hết • (歇, 竭, 𣍊, 𱛀, 󱤰, 遏)

1. to finish, to end, to expire, to come to an end

   Antonym: còn

Adverb

hết • (歇, 竭, 𣍊, 𱛀, 󱤰, 遏)

1. all

   Làm hết bài tập chưa?

   Have you done all the homework?

2. final particle used in negative sentences indicating a greater degree, quantity or frequency

   Em không cần ai hết. Em chỉ cần anh thôi!

   I don't need anyone at all. I only need you!

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hầu hết
• hết cỡ
• hết hồn
• hết lòng
• hết lời
• hết mình
• hết mực
• hết sức
• hết thảy
• hết thời
• hết thuốc chữa
• hết trọi
• hết trơn
• hết ý
• trước hết

 

Interjection

hết

1. (military) over

Anagrams

• thế