Definition

1. Adjective (colloquial, vulgar):
   • Extremely cheap, dirt-cheap: Refers to a price that is shockingly or absurdly low, often with a vulgar connotation emphasizing the extreme nature of the cheapness. It can imply the item is of low quality or the price is suspiciously low.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mua được cái điện thoại này với giá rẻ thối. (I bought this phone for dirt-cheap.)
  • Họ bán áo thun rẻ thối ở chợ. (They sell t-shirts for a pittance at the market.)
  • Giá rẻ thối vậy, chắc hàng kém chất lượng. (It's dirt-cheap like that; it must be poor quality.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is considered vulgar and informal. It is used for strong emphasis in casual speech but is inappropriate in formal or polite contexts.
• It often carries a nuance of disbelief, suspicion about quality, or criticism of something being undervalued.

Variants and Related Words

• Rẻ mạt (adj): Very cheap, cheap as dirt (slightly less vulgar but still informal and derogatory).

  • Đồ rẻ mạt thường nhanh hỏng. (Cheap goods often break quickly.)

• Rẻ bèo (adj): Very cheap (colloquial, less vulgar than "rẻ thối").

  • Rau ở đây bán rẻ bèo. (Vegetables are sold very cheaply here.)

Synonyms

• Dirt-cheap: Extremely inexpensive.
• A pittance: A very small or inadequate amount of money.
• Rock-bottom price: The lowest possible price.

Related Idioms

• Rẻ như bèo: As cheap as duckweed (a common idiom meaning very cheap).

  • Mùa này cam rẻ như bèo. (Oranges are as cheap as dirt this season.)

• Rẻ choè: (Vulgar slang) Emphatically cheap, similar in vulgarity to "rẻ thối."

  • Giá rẻ choè, ai mà chẳng mua. (It's damn cheap, so of course everyone buys it.)

1. (thông tục) Dirt-cheap