chưa

adv

• Yet, not yet
  • chưa ai tới cả: nobody has come yet
  • chưa bao giờ: never before
  • ăn chưa no: not to have eaten one's fill yet
  • mười hai giờ rồi, đi ngủ chưa?: it is 12, are you going to bed yet?
• (Particle used in question tags, asking for affirmation)
  • tai hại chưa, trời mưa rồi!: it is disastrous, isn't it? It has started raining
  • lạ chưa kìa, đến giờ này mà không thấy anh ấy đến?: it is strange, isn't it, that he has not turned up at this late hour
  • chưa ráo máu đầu: to be still a chicken