Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To have a lot of money; to be very wealthy or rich. This is a common and direct description of a person's or entity's financial state, emphasizing abundance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông chủ mới của công ty đó lắm tiền. (The new owner of that company is very rich.)
  • Khu phố này toàn dân lắm tiền sinh sống. (This neighborhood is full of wealthy people.)
  • Trông bộ dạng của anh ta thì biết là lắm tiền. (Just by his appearance, you can tell he has a lot of money.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in comparative or contrasting structures.
  • Lắm tiền nhưng không biết cách hưởng thụ cũng phí. (Being rich but not knowing how to enjoy life is a waste.)
• It can be used somewhat idiomatically to describe something as expensive or high-value.
  • Chiếc xe này trông "lắm tiền" thật. (This car looks really "expensive"/high-end.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giàu có (adj): Rich, affluent. A more formal synonym.
• Dư dả (adj): Well-off, comfortable, having more than enough. Slightly less intense than "lắm tiền".
• Tỷ phú (n): Billionaire.
• Triệu phú (n): Millionaire.

Synonyms

• Wealthy: Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets.
• Affluent: Having a plentiful supply of money; wealthy.
• Well-to-do: Prosperous; wealthy.

Related Idioms

• Tiền rừng bạc bể: To have "money like forests and silver like seas"; an idiom denoting immense, almost uncountable wealth.
  • Gia tộc họ kinh doanh từ lâu đời, đúng là tiền rừng bạc bể. (Their family has been in business for generations; they have immense wealth.)
• Giàu nứt đố đổ vách: Extremely rich (literally, "so rich the walls are splitting").
  • Nhà họ giàu nứt đố đổ vách, đi đâu cũng có xe đưa rước. (Their family is filthy rich, they have chauffeurs everywhere they go.)

adj

1. to have a lot of money