nhường nào
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Definition
- 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.
- How much, how very
- Hay biết nhường nào!How very nice!