Definition

1. Adjective phrase:
   • Completely exhausted, completely used up: "hết nhẵn" describes a state where something is totally depleted, with nothing left at all. It emphasizes a state of complete emptiness or exhaustion of a resource, often a tangible item like money or food.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase:
  • Tôi đã tìm khắp nơi nhưng hết nhẵn sữa rồi. (I've looked everywhere but we're clean out of milk.)
  • Sau chuyến mua sắm, túi tiền của cô ấy hết nhẵn. (After the shopping trip, her wallet was completely empty.)

Advanced Usage

• "hết nhẵn túi": to be completely broke (literally: pocket is completely empty).

  • Cuối tháng, anh ấy thường than hết nhẵn túi. (At the end of the month, he often complains about being stony-broke.)

• "hết nhẵn vốn liếng": to have exhausted all one's capital/resources.

  • Công ty nhỏ đó đã hết nhẵn vốn liếng và phải đóng cửa. (That small company ran clean out of capital and had to close down.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hết sạch (adj): all gone, used up. (A close synonym, though "hết nhẵn" can imply a more thorough or surprising depletion).
• Cạn kiệt (adj): depleted, exhausted. (Often used for natural resources or energy, implying a gradual draining).
• Trống rỗng (adj): empty, hollow. (Describes a state of emptiness, but not necessarily due to consumption; can be physical or metaphorical).

Synonyms

• Hết sạch: all gone.
• Không còn một chút nào: not a single bit left.

Related Phrases

• Hết tiền: to be out of money.
• Hết thức ăn: to be out of food.

Related Idioms

• Hết nhẵn như chùi: to be completely wiped out, as if wiped clean. (Emphasizes the totality of the depletion).
  • Sau trận lũ, kho lương thực hết nhẵn như chùi. (After the flood, the food storage was cleaned out completely.)

1. clean out of
   • Hết nhẵn tiền
     to be cleann out of money, to be stony-broke
   • Nhà hết nhẵn gạo ăn
     We are clean out of rice