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.)

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