đáng tiền

Thân thiện

Chiếc điện thoại này bền và nhiều tính năng, rất đáng tiền.

Definition

1. Adjective phrase:
   • Worth the money, cost-effective: Describes something that provides good value or quality relative to its price, making the expense feel justified.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase: (This phone is very worth the money because it's durable and has many features.) (That online course is completely worth it.) (I think today's movie ticket was not worth the money at all.)

Advanced Usage

• "xứng đáng đồng tiền bỏ ra": A more emphatic variant meaning "truly worthy of the money spent." (This product is truly worthy of every penny spent.)
• "đáng đồng tiền": A common, slightly more colloquial synonym. (The meal was delicious, the service was good, it was really worth every penny.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đáng giá (adj): Valuable, worthwhile. Can be used more broadly beyond monetary value. (That experience was very valuable.)
• Xứng đáng (adj): Deserving, worthy (often of non-material things like trust, respect). (She is a deserving candidate.)

Synonyms

• Cost-effective: Providing good value for the amount of money spent.
• Worth the price: Justifying the cost.
• Good value for money: A common English phrase with a very similar meaning.

Related Phrases

• Được đồng tiền: (Colloquial) To get one's money's worth. (Going to that concert, we really got our money's worth.)

Related Idioms

• Tiền nào của nấy: Literally "What price, what goods," equivalent to "You get what you pay for." This idiom is related but implies a direct correlation between price and quality, whereas đáng tiền is an evaluation of that correlation. (Don't buy things that are too cheap, you get what you pay for.)

Học thuật

1. Worth its money value, worth the money paid for it