Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lower the price(s): To reduce the monetary cost of goods, services, or commodities.
   • To debase; to devalue; to cheapen: To reduce the perceived worth, value, or dignity of someone or something, often in a figurative sense.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cửa hàng đang hạ giá tất cả quần áo mùa đông. (The store is lowering the prices of all winter clothing.)
  • Để cạnh tranh, họ buộc phải hạ giá sản phẩm. (To compete, they were forced to lower the product's price.)
  • Những lời nói dối liên tiếp đã hạ giá anh ấy trong mắt mọi người. (The continuous lies debased him in everyone's eyes.)
  • Hành động đó chỉ hạ giá chính anh ta mà thôi. (That action only cheapens him.)

Advanced Usage

• "hạ giá đồng tiền": to devalue a currency.

  • Chính phủ có thể hạ giá đồng tiền để thúc đẩy xuất khẩu. (The government may devalue the currency to boost exports.)

• "tự hạ giá mình": to debase/cheapen oneself.

  • Bằng cách chấp nhận hối lộ, ông ta đã tự hạ giá mình. (By accepting bribes, he debased himself.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hạ (verb): to lower, to reduce, to bring down. A root verb often combined with other nouns (e.g., hạ nhiệt - to reduce temperature, hạ cánh - to land).
• Giảm giá (verb): to discount, to reduce price. This is a very common synonym specifically for lowering prices, often used in commercial contexts.
• Khuyến mãi (verb/noun): to promote; a promotion/discount. Focuses on promotional activities which often involve price reductions.

Synonyms

• Giảm giá: to discount, to reduce price (primarily for commercial goods).
• Hạ bớt giá: to lower the price a bit.
• Làm mất giá trị: to devalue, to strip of value.
• Làm giảm giá trị: to diminish the value.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Hạ giá thành: to lower/reduce the production cost or total cost.
  • Nhờ công nghệ mới, họ đã hạ giá thành sản phẩm đáng kể. (Thanks to new technology, they significantly lowered the product's cost.)

Related Idioms

• Hạ mình, hạ giá: (Note: This is a contextual pairing, not a fixed idiom). "Hạ mình" means to humble oneself or stoop low. When used together with "hạ giá," it emphasizes a severe loss of dignity or worth.
  • Anh ấy không ngần ngại hạ mình, hạ giá để đạt được mục đích. (He does not hesitate to stoop low and debase himself to achieve his goal.)

verb

1. to lower the prices ; to debase