Definition

1. Intransitive Verb Phrase:
   • To remain stable (in price): Refers to a situation where the price of a commodity, stock, or service stops fluctuating and holds at a consistent level over a period of time. It implies a pause in upward or downward movement.
   • To be price-stable: Describes goods or market items that are not experiencing price changes, maintaining a steady, fixed cost.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb Phrase:
  • Cổ phiếu công ty đã đứng giá trong suốt tuần qua. (The company's stock has remained stable in price all week.)
  • Mặt bằng giá thuê nhà ở khu vực này đang đứng giá. (The rental price level in this area is holding steady.)
  • Hàng đứng giá nên người tiêu dùng không ngại mua sắm. (Goods are price-stable, so consumers are not hesitant to shop.)

Advanced Usage

• This phrase is primarily used in economic, financial, and commercial contexts. It often describes a temporary state of equilibrium in a market before a potential future price change.
• It can be used impersonally with subjects like "giá" (price), "hàng" (goods), "thị trường" (market), or specific items like "vàng" (gold), "đô la" (US dollar).

Variants and Related Words

• Ổn định giá (v): to stabilize prices (often implies a deliberate action or policy).
  • Chính phủ can thiệp để ổn định giá lương thực. (The government intervened to stabilize food prices.)
• Giá đứng yên: A nominal phrase meaning "stationary price," closely related in meaning.

Synonyms

• Hold steady: To maintain a current level without change.
• Stabilize: To become or cause to become stable (broader in application).
• Remain unchanged: To stay the same.

Antonyms

• Biến động giá: price fluctuation.
• Tăng giá: to increase in price.
• Giảm giá: to decrease in price.
• Dao động: to fluctuate.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Đứng máy: Literally "the machine is standing," meaning a machine has stopped working. Contrasts with "đứng giá," where the price "stops" moving but the item remains actively traded.
• Giá cả chững lại: A phrase meaning "prices are leveling off," indicating a slowdown in the rate of increase, which is a related but distinct concept from a fully stabilized price.

1. At a stabilized price
   • Hàng đứng giá
     The prices of goods are stabilized