không bao giờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

không (not) + bao giờ (when), literally there's not any time; there's no amount of time.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˦˩] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˨˩] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˨˩]

Adverb

không bao giờ

  1. (alone in a special sentence or before the main verb of a regular clause or at the beginning of a literary clause) never
    Nó không bao giờ nghe lời tôi cả.
    She never listens to me

Synonyms

  • không đời nào
  • không có bao giờ
  • chẳng bao giờ, chẳng có bao giờ
  • chả bao giờ, chả có bao giờ
  • đéo bao giờ, đéo có bao giờ
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