Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In all, altogether, taken as a whole: Used to indicate a total amount or number when everything is counted or considered together. It emphasizes the sum total of items or people.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Nhà này có năm người cả thảy. (This family consists of five people in all.)
  • Cả thảy năm mươi người. (Altogether fifty people.)
  • Cả thảy một trăm đồng. (A total of one hundred dongs.)

Advanced Usage

• While primarily an adverb, "cả thảy" can function in a pronominal sense in colloquial speech to mean "the whole lot" or "everyone/everything."
  • Cả thảy đều đồng ý. (Every single one agreed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tất cả (pronoun/adverb): All, everything. This is a more common and formal synonym.
• Tổng cộng (adverb): In total, summing up. Often used in numerical or financial contexts.
• Tính gộp lại (verb phrase): To add up together.

Synonyms

• In total
• Altogether
• All told
• In all

Notes on Usage

• "Cả thảy" is classified as colloquial language (khẩu ngữ). It is common in everyday spoken Vietnamese but is less formal than "tất cả" or "tổng cộng".
• It is typically used at the end of a phrase or sentence to state the final sum or total.

khẩu ngữ

1. In all, altogether, taken as a whole
   • nhà này có năm người cả thảy
     this family consists of five people in all