họp chợ
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To hold a market, for a market to be in session: Refers to the event of a market operating, where vendors gather to sell goods and buyers come to purchase them, typically on a scheduled day.
- To take place (of a market): Describes the occurrence of a market day or market session.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Ngày mai sẽ họp chợ ở làng bên. (Tomorrow, the market will be held in the neighboring village.)
- Chợ quê tôi chỉ họp chợ vào các ngày mùng 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26 âm lịch. (My hometown market is only in session on the 1st, 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, and 26th days of the lunar month.)
- Khi nào thì chợ phiên này họp chợ? (When does this fair market take place?)
Advanced Usage
"Đang họp chợ": The market is currently in session.
- Đường rất đông vì đang họp chợ. (The road is very crowded because the market is in session.)
"Chỗ họp chợ": The market venue/place.
- Chỗ họp chợ cũ đã được xây thành trường học. (The old market venue has been built into a school.)
Variants and Related Words
Họp (verb): To meet, to assemble, to hold a meeting.
- Họp lớp (To have a class reunion).
Chợ (noun): Market.
- Chợ phiên (Fair market, periodic market).
- Chợ đêm (Night market).
Họp chợ đông (phrase): For a market to be busy/crowded.
- Hôm nay họp chợ đông lắm. (The market was very crowded today.)
Synonyms
- Nhóm họp: To gather, to assemble (more general, not specific to markets).
- Diễn ra (của chợ): To take place (of a market).
Related Phrases
Phiên chợ: A market session, a fair.
- Phiên chợ này bán rất nhiều đặc sản. (This market session sells many local specialties.)
Tan chợ: For the market to end/disperse.
- Trời mưa to nên họ tan chợ sớm. (It rained heavily, so they closed the market early.)
Related Idioms
- Đông như họp chợ: As crowded as a market in session; used to describe a very crowded place.
- Lễ hội đông người tham dự, đông như họp chợ. (The festival had many attendees, it was as crowded as a market.)