không

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 空 (“empty, nothing, none”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

không

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    Tôi không phải là người Việt Nam.
    I am not Vietnamese.
  2. idly, without doing anything
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
      – Một hào đấy! Bói rẻ còn hơn ngồi không.
      "Here you have a dime! A cheap fortune-teller is still better that sitting without anything to do."

Synonyms

Adjective

không

  1. without anything added
    cơm không ― only rice

Interjection

không

  1. (to an affirmative question) no
  2. (to a negative question) yes

Particle

không

  1. question particle

Numeral

Vietnamese cardinal numbers
0 1  > 
    Cardinal : không

không

  1. (cardinal) zero

See also

See also

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