Definition

1. Adjective/Adverbial Phrase:
   • Completely exhausted, entirely used up, all gone: Describes a state where nothing remains of a resource, supply, or item. It emphasizes totality and often implies a sudden or surprising absence.
   • Cleaned out, depleted: Often used to indicate that a stock or quantity has been fully consumed or removed, leaving an empty state.

Usage Examples

• Adjective/Adverbial Phrase:
  • Tủ lạnh hết sạch thức ăn rồi. (The fridge is completely out of food.)
  • Tiền tiêu vặt đã hết sạch từ tuần trước. (My pocket money was all gone since last week.)
  • Cửa hàng bán hết sạch vé trong một giờ. (The store sold out all the tickets within an hour.)

Advanced Usage

• Can function as a predicate adjective following the subject (e.g., ) or follow a verb to indicate the result of an action (e.g., meaning "to eat everything completely").
• Often conveys a tone of slight surprise, urgency, or finality regarding the depletion.

Variants and Related Words

• Hết (v/adj): to finish, to run out, to end. A more general and common term for depletion.
  • Sữa hết rồi. (The milk is finished.)
• Hết nhẵn (adj/phrase): completely gone, not a single one left (often for countable items).
  • Bánh mì hết nhẵn. (The bread is completely gone; not a single loaf left.)
• Hết ráo (adj/phrase): (synonymous with ) utterly exhausted, completely used up.
  • Hết ráo nước. (Completely out of water.)

Synonyms

• All gone: Nothing remains.
• Cleaned out: Emptied of all contents.
• Depleted: Reduced until nothing is left.
• Exhausted: Completely used up.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Hết sạch tiền: to be flat broke, to have no money left.
  • Sau chuyến du lịch, tôi hết sạch tiền. (After the trip, I'm flat broke.)
• Hết sạch năng lượng: to be completely drained of energy.
  • Làm việc cả ngày khiến tôi hết sạch năng lượng. (Working all day left me completely drained of energy.)

1. Clean out of
   • Hết sạch chè rồi, lấy đâu mà pha
     We are clean out of tea, where can we find some to draw