Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Low-priced; inexpensive: Refers to goods or services that cost little money.
   • Cheap; of little value: Describes something that is not only low in cost but also often poor in quality, lacking substance, or considered vulgar or contemptible in nature.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy mua một chiếc túi rẻ tiền ở chợ. (She bought a cheap bag at the market.)
  • Đó là một món đồ chơi rẻ tiền và dễ vỡ. (That is a cheap and fragile toy.)
  • Anh ta đưa ra những lời khen rẻ tiền. (He gave cheap compliments.)
  • Chúng tôi không bán hàng rẻ tiền. (We do not sell cheap goods.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a negative connotation, implying poor quality, lack of dignity, or superficiality, especially when applied to non-material things.
  • Những lý luận rẻ tiền đó không thuyết phục được ai. (Those cheap theories cannot convince anyone.)
  • Họ sống bằng những thú vui rẻ tiền. (They live for cheap thrills.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rẻ (adj): Cheap, inexpensive. A more neutral term for low price without the strong negative connotation of poor quality.

  • Giá cả ở đây rất rẻ. (The prices here are very cheap.)

• Hạ giá (v): To reduce the price, to mark down.

  • Cửa hàng đang hạ giá quần áo mùa đông. (The store is marking down winter clothes.)

Synonyms

• Inexpensive: Low in price (more neutral).
• Low-cost: Involving little expense.
• Tawdry: Showy but cheap and of poor quality.
• Mercenary: Motivated primarily by money (in certain contexts for behavior).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Rẻ như bèo: As cheap as duckweed (an idiom meaning extremely cheap or worthless).

  • Mặt hàng này giờ rẻ như bèo. (This item is dirt cheap now.)

• Hàng rẻ tiền: Cheap goods; often implies low-quality merchandise.

  • Khu chợ đó chuyên bán hàng rẻ tiền. (That market specializes in selling cheap goods.)

1. Cheap
   • Đồ rẻ tiền
     Cheap goods
   • Lý luận rẻ tiền
     Cheap theories