Definition

1. Noun:
   • The residents of a street; the people living along a street: Refers collectively to the people who live in the houses or buildings on a particular street or block. It emphasizes the community aspect of a neighborhood.
   • A row of houses/shops on a street: Can also refer to the physical line or series of houses, shops, or buildings that form one side of a street.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hàng phố này rất thân thiện và đoàn kết. (The people on this street are very friendly and united.)
  • Tiếng trẻ con nô đùa làm cả hàng phố vui lên. (The sound of children playing cheers up the whole street / everyone on the street.)
  • Hàng phố cổ được bảo tồn nguyên vẹn. (The row of old houses on the street is preserved intact.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cả hàng phố": The whole street (referring to all the people or all the buildings).
  • Tin tức lan ra cả hàng phố trong chốc lát. (The news spread to the whole street in an instant.)
• Used to describe a shared experience or characteristic of a local community.
  • Hàng phố ai cũng biết đến lòng tốt của bà ấy. (Everyone on the street knows of her kindness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phố xá (n): Streets and avenues; the urban street scene in general (broader than a single street).
• Khu phố (n): Neighborhood, quarter, district (a larger area than a single street).
• Dân phố (n): Street residents, townspeople (similar meaning, slightly more formal).

Synonyms

• Người trong phố: People in the street/neighborhood.
• Cư dân trong phố: Residents of the street.

Related Phrases

• Ăn cả hàng phố: (Idiomatic) To be extremely hungry, as if one could eat enough for the whole street.
  • Tôi đói quá, có thể ăn cả hàng phố. (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse / enough for the whole street.)

1. The street people