Definition

1. Noun:
   • Half-price: A price that is exactly half of the standard or full price. It is a fixed compound noun in Vietnamese referring to a specific reduced rate.

Usage

• Noun: Used to indicate a 50% discount on the original price, typically for tickets, fares, or admission fees. It often specifies a condition, such as for children, students, or seniors.
  • Vé vào cửa cho trẻ em là nửa tiền. (The entrance ticket for children is half-price.)
  • Họ bán áo sơ mi với giá nửa tiền trong đợt thanh lý. (They are selling shirts at half-price during the clearance sale.)

Advanced Usage

• "Được tính/áp dụng giá nửa tiền": To be charged/applied the half-price rate.
  • Người cao tuổi sẽ được áp dụng giá nửa tiền cho vé tàu. (Senior citizens will be charged the half-price rate for train tickets.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giảm nửa giá / Giảm 50%: To reduce by half the price / 50% off. (These are descriptive phrases, while "nửa tiền" is a specific term for the resulting price point.)
• Vé nửa tiền: A half-price ticket.
  • Tôi mua vé nửa tiền vì tôi là sinh viên. (I bought a half-price ticket because I am a student.)

Synonyms

• Một nửa giá: Half the price. (A more literal, descriptive synonym.)
• Giá ưu đãi một nửa: Preferential half price.

Related Phrases

• Trả nửa tiền: To pay half-price.
  • Nhóm chúng tôi được trả nửa tiền cho bữa trưa. (Our group got to pay half-price for lunch.)

1. Half-price
   • Trẻ em trả nửa tiền
     Children are [admitted] half-price