Definition

1. Adverb:
   • How much, how very: Used to express a high degree or intensity of a quality, often in exclamatory sentences to convey strong emotion or emphasis.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Hay biết nhường nào! (How very nice!)
  • Đẹp biết nhường nào! (How very beautiful!)
  • Tôi nhớ anh ấy biết nhường nào! (How very much I miss him!)

Advanced Usage

• "biết nhường nào": This is the most common and fixed construction. It is an exclamatory phrase used to intensify an adjective or verb that precedes it.
  • Khó khăn biết nhường nào! (How very difficult!)
  • Cô ấy yêu con mình biết nhường nào! (How very much she loves her child!)

Variants and Related Words

• dường nào: A literary and slightly archaic variant with the same meaning.
  • Đau đớn dường nào! (How very painful!)

Synonyms

• biết bao: How much, how very (similar in meaning and usage).
  • Tuyệt vời biết bao! (How wonderful!)
• biết chừng nào: How very (emphasizing degree).
• quá, lắm: Very, extremely (simpler intensifiers, but less exclamatory and poetic than "nhường nào").

Notes on Usage

• "Nhường nào" is almost exclusively used in the fixed pattern "[Adjective/Verb] + biết nhường nào!" to form an exclamation. It is not used in standard questions (like "how much does it cost?").
• It carries a poetic, emotional, or emphatic tone and is common in literature and expressive speech.
• Do not confuse with the verb "nhường" (to yield, to give way), which has a completely different meaning.

1. How much, how very
   • Hay biết nhường nào!
     How very nice!