No. 356 in Vietnamese
chẳng
"Chẳng" means "not" or "no" and is used for negation or emphasis.
In a sentence
Tôi chẳng ăn sáng hôm nay.
I did not eat breakfast today.
The word "chẳng" is used here as a negation, similar to the English "did not" to indicate that an action did not occur.
Chẳng lẽ cô ấy không đến sao?
Isn't she coming?
In this sentence, "chẳng" is part of an expression "chẳng lẽ" which conveys a rhetorical question or disbelief.
Anh ấy nói mà chẳng suy nghĩ trước.
He spoke without thinking beforehand.
Here, "chẳng" acts to contrast or negate a behavior, implying the absence of a consideration.
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