chẳng bao giờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

chẳng (“not at all”) +‎ bao giờ (“when”), literally “there's not any time; there's no amount of time”.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˩ ʔɓaːw˧˧ zəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˨ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [caŋ˨˩˦ ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəː˨˩]

Adverb

chẳng 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
    Mình hiểu bạn, nhưng bạn chẳng bao giờ hiểu mình
    I understand you, but you never understand me
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