Definition

1. Noun:
   • Woven cloth (for making clothes): Refers to fabric that is woven on a loom, typically used for making clothing. This is a general term for various types of cloth material.
   • Piece goods, yard goods, textiles: Can refer to cloth sold by the piece or bolt, as opposed to ready-made garments.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cửa hàng này chuyên bán các loại hàng tấm như lụa, vải cotton. (This store specializes in selling various types of woven cloth like silk and cotton fabric.)
  • Bà ấy mua hàng tấm về để tự may quần áo. (She bought piece goods to sew clothes herself.)
  • Ngành công nghiệp hàng tấm của thành phố rất phát triển. (The city's textile industry is very developed.)

Advanced Usage

• "buôn bán hàng tấm": to trade in textiles / to be in the cloth trade.
  • Gia đình ông ấy có truyền thống buôn bán hàng tấm. (His family has a tradition of trading in textiles.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vải vóc (n): A more common general term for fabrics, cloth, textiles. It is often interchangeable with "hàng tấm" but can feel more everyday.
  • Đi chợ mua vải vóc. (Go to the market to buy fabrics.)
• Vải (n): The most common and general word for cloth, fabric, material.
  • Tấm vải len. (A piece of woolen cloth.)

Synonyms

• Vải vóc: Fabrics, cloths.
• Nhiễu hàng: Textile goods (a more formal or commercial term).

Related Phrases

• Cửa hàng hàng tấm: A draper's shop; a shop selling fabrics.
  • Chị tôi mở một cửa hàng hàng tấm nhỏ. (My sister opened a small fabric shop.)

Related Idioms

1. Woven cloth (for maing clothes) (nói khái quát)