Definition

1. Noun:

   • Price; cost: The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.
   • Value: The worth of something in terms of money or other goods.
   • Bean sprout: The edible sprout of a bean, especially the mung bean.
   • Rack; stand; shelf: A framework, often with shelves or hooks, used for holding, displaying, or storing items.

2. Conjunction:

   • If; suppose; if only: Used to introduce a hypothetical condition or to express a wish about a situation that is not real.

3. Adjective (Archaic/Literary):

   • Bitterly cold; frosty: Describes intensely cold weather or a frost.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Price/Value):
  • Giá của chiếc điện thoại này rất cao. (The price of this phone is very high.)
  • Anh ấy mua chiếc xe với giá tốt. (He bought the car at a good price.)
• Noun (Bean sprout):
  • Phở thường có thêm giá. (Pho often has bean sprouts added.)
• Noun (Rack/Stand):
  • Hãy treo áo khoác lên giá. (Please hang the coat on the rack.)
  • Cô ấy mua một giá sách mới. (She bought a new bookshelf.)
• Conjunction (If):
  • Giá tôi biết trước, tôi đã không đi. (If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gone.)
  • Giá mà trời không mưa. (If only it weren't raining.)
• Adjective (Cold):
  • Trời giá rét. (The weather is bitterly cold.)

Advanced Usage

• "bằng mọi giá": at all costs; by any means necessary.
  • Chúng tôi phải hoàn thành nhiệm vụ bằng mọi giá. (We must complete the mission at all costs.)
• "hạ giá" / "giảm giá": to reduce the price; to discount.
  • Cửa hàng đang giảm giá quần áo mùa hè. (The store is discounting summer clothes.)
• "định giá": to appraise; to set a price.
  • Chúng ta cần định giá lại ngôi nhà. (We need to reappraise the house.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giá cả (n): prices; cost of living (often used in a general sense).
  • Giá cả leo tháng. (Prices are soaring.)
• Giá thành (n): cost price; production cost.
  • Giá thành sản phẩm đã giảm. (The product's cost price has decreased.)
• Giá đỗ (n): bean sprout (specifically from mung beans).
• Giá treo (n): hanger; hook.

Synonyms

• Price/Cost: chi phí, trị giá.
• If: nếu, giá mà, phỏng như.
• Rack: kệ, giá đỡ.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Giá áo túi cơm: Literally "the price of a robe, a pocket of rice." An idiom criticizing someone who is ungrateful or fails to appreciate the cost and effort behind support.
• Giá trên trời: An exorbitantly high price; "sky-high price."
  • Chiếc túi đó có giá trên trời. (That bag has a sky-high price.)

noun

1. bean sprouts

noun

1. price; cost
   • giá bán lẻ
     retail price. value;