rẻ
- Adjective:
- Low in price; costing little money: The primary meaning describes something that does not cost much money to buy or acquire.
- Of little value or worth; considered insignificant: Can describe something perceived as having low value, quality, or importance, often in a figurative sense.
- Adjective:
- Ở chợ này, rau củ rất rẻ. (At this market, vegetables are very cheap.)
- Anh ấy mua được chiếc xe máy cũ với giá rẻ. (He bought a used motorbike at a low price.)
- Đừng coi rẻ lời khuyên của người lớn. (Don't consider the advice of elders as insignificant.)
"rẻ mạt": Describes something as extremely cheap, worthless, or contemptible, often implying low quality or moral standing.
- Những lời nói rẻ mạt đó không nên nghe. (Those contemptible words are not worth listening to.)
"rẻ như bèo" / "rẻ như cho": Idiomatic expressions meaning "dirt cheap" or "as cheap as free," emphasizing an exceptionally low price.
- Hàng tồn kho được bán rẻ như bèo. (The inventory is being sold dirt cheap.)
"hạ giá rẻ": To lower the price significantly; to sell at a marked-down price.
- Cửa hàng đang hạ giá rẻ tất cả quần áo mùa đông. (The store is marking down all winter clothing.)
rẻ tiền (adj): Cheap, low-cost (often used for goods). Can sometimes carry a negative connotation of poor quality.
- Đó là một món đồ chơi rẻ tiền. (That is a cheap toy.)
rẻ rúng (adj/v): To belittle, to treat with contempt; to consider worthless.
- Anh ta bị rẻ rúng vì xuất thân nghèo khó. (He was looked down upon because of his poor background.)
rẻ quạt (n): Literally "fan rib," referring to the individual slat of a hand fan. Used in the compound "hình rẻ quạt" (fan-shaped).
- giá rẻ: Low-priced, inexpensive (focus on price).
- hạ giá: Reduced price, marked down.
- bình dân: Affordable, for the common people (focus on accessibility).
- đắt: Expensive, high-priced.
- cao giá: High-priced, costly.
- quý giá: Valuable, precious.
Rẻ thối ruột: An idiom meaning something is suspiciously or unbelievably cheap, often implying there must be a hidden problem or flaw.
- Chiếc điện thoại mới nguyên mà giá rẻ thối ruột, chắc có vấn đề gì đó. (A brand-new phone at an unbelievably cheap price—there must be something wrong with it.)
Đắt xắt ra miếng: A contrasting proverb meaning "you get what you pay for" (literally: expensive yields a piece), suggesting expensive things are of better quality.
- cheap; inexpensive; low in price
- giá rẻcheap price