chợ

Thân thiện

Người nông dân mang rau củ tươi đến bán ở chợ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Market, marketplace: A public place, often open-air, where people gather on specific days or during specific times to buy and sell goods, especially food and daily necessities.
   • A commercial center or trading area: Can refer to the concept of a market in a broader economic or social sense.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi đi chợ mỗi sáng. (My mother goes to the market every morning.)
  • Chợ này rất đông vào cuối tuần. (This market is very crowded on weekends.)
  • Gạo chợ nước sông. (To buy rice from the market and water from the river – meaning to live hand to mouth.)

Advanced Usage

• "phiên chợ": market session, market day. Refers to the specific day or period when a market is held.

  • Phiên chợ Tết bán rất nhiều hoa. (The Tet market session sells a lot of flowers.)

• "chợ có lề, quê có thói": An idiom meaning "the market has its customs, the village has its rules," similar to "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

  • Khi đến nơi mới, nhớ câu 'chợ có lề, quê có thói'. (When you arrive in a new place, remember the saying 'the market has its customs, the village has its rules'.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chợ đen (n): black market.

  • Anh ta mua vé xem phim ở chợ đen. (He bought movie tickets on the black market.)

• Chợ trời (n): flea market, open-air market.

  • Tôi tìm thấy nhiều đồ cổ ở chợ trời. (I found many antiques at the flea market.)

• Đi chợ (v phrase): to go to the market (for shopping).

  • Công việc hàng ngày của cô ấy là đi chợ và nấu ăn. (Her daily chores are going to the market and cooking.)

Synonyms

• Marketplace: A location for buying and selling goods.
• Bazaar: A market, often with many small stalls.
• Mart: A trading center.

Related Idioms

• Khắp chợ cùng quê: Everywhere, from town to country.

  • Tin đồn lan truyền khắp chợ cùng quê. (The rumor spread everywhere, from town to country.)

• Chợ đông đồng vắng: A proverb describing a scene where the market is crowded but the fields are empty, often implying people are neglecting their core duties.

  • Tình trạng 'chợ đông đồng vắng' ảnh hưởng đến sản xuất nông nghiệp. (The situation of 'a crowded market but empty fields' affects agricultural production.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Market, market-place
   • đi chợ
     to go to (the) market
   • phiên chợ
     a market-day
   • đi buổi chợ học mớ khôn
     he that travels far knows much
   • gạo chợ nước sông
     to live from hand to mouth
   • khắp chợ cùng quê
     everywhere, from town to country
   • chợ nông thôn, chợ hoa tết đường Nguyễn Huệ