Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Never: Used to indicate that something has not happened at any time in the past up to the present moment. It expresses a complete absence of an experience or event.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Tôi chưa bao giờ đến Paris. (I have never been to Paris.)
  • Cô ấy chưa bao giờ nói dối. (She has never told a lie.)
  • Họ chưa bao giờ gặp khó khăn như vậy. (They have never encountered such difficulty.)

Advanced Usage

• "chưa bao giờ...đến thế": never before...like this. Used for emphasis.

  • Thời tiết chưa bao giờ nóng đến thế. (The weather has never been this hot before.)

• In negative questions to express surprise or seek confirmation of a lack of experience.

  • Anh chưa bao giờ xem phim đó thật sao? (You have never really seen that movie?)

Variants and Related Words

• Chưa từng (adv): A slightly more formal or literary synonym for "chưa bao giờ," also meaning "never."

  • Tôi chưa từng nghĩ đến điều đó. (I have never thought of that.)

• Không bao giờ (adv): "Never" in the sense of a firm refusal or a statement about the future.

  • Tôi không bao giờ từ bỏ. (I will never give up.)

Synonyms

• Never: At no time in the past or future; not ever.

Related Idioms

• Chưa bao giờ có: There has never been.

  • Một cơ hội tốt như thế này chưa bao giờ có. (An opportunity this good has never existed.)

• Chưa bao giờ thấy: Have never seen.

  • Tôi chưa bao giờ thấy ai kiên nhẫn như cô ấy. (I have never seen anyone as patient as her.)

adverb

1. never