Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

cạn lời

[kaːn˧˨ʔ ləːj˨˩] 🎙 Say it

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(verb) to be done talking; emptied of words; have nothing else to say

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hết lời để nói

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Speechless — so absurd there are literally no words left.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

không thể nói gì

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Words have run dry.

Reacting to jaw-dropping nonsense.

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Nó mượn xe đi phượt rồi trả xe với bình xăng cạn queo. Cạn lời.He borrowed the bike for a road trip and returned it bone-dry. I’m out of words.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Curated editorially (owner-requested humorous-slang research, July 2026). Era: ~2015 – present.

What does “cạn lời” mean?

(verb) to be done talking; emptied of words; have nothing else to say

Is “cạn lời” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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