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giá

Level ≈A1 (approx.) nounconjunctionadjective Sino-Vietnamese Top 1,000 most common
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giá means price; value.

Chinese characters: 價

Meanings of giá in English

Noun

  1. price
  2. value

Noun

  1. bean sprout ≈ giá đỗ

Noun

  1. shelf
  2. mount (object on which another object is mounted)

Conjunction

  1. if; in case; supposing; if only; I wish ≈ phải chigiả như
    • Giá trời không mưa thì giờ ta đã đến nơi rồi.If it had not rained we would have already arrived.

Adjective

  1. in compounds cold

Words with giá

danh giáđáng giáđánh giáđấu giágiá biểugiá cảgiá thànhgiá trịphá giáphẩm giáquý giátỉ giátrả giátrị giávô giáthánh giáthập tự giábăng giágiá lạnhgiá rétlạnh giágiá chuộcgiá chợgiá thúgiá vốngiá đỗ

Example sentences with giá

  • Cậu ta đặt cuốn sách lên giá. He put the book on the shelf.
  • Tom lấy cuốn sách ở trên giá. Tom took a book from the shelf.
  • Giá sinh hoạt đã nhất loạt tăng. The cost of life increased drastically.
  • Chiếc nhẫn này có giá bao nhiêu? How much is this ring?
  • Giá vàng thay đổi theo từng ngày. The price of gold varies from day to day.
  • Chiếc quần tây này giá bao nhiêu? How much are these trousers?
  • Giá một vé là 20 Yên. The tickets are 20 yen each.
  • Một vé có giá 500 Yên. One ticket costs five hundred yen.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, giá could be written as 稼, 𬰊, 這. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 價.

Frequently asked questions

What does giá mean in English?

giá (noun) means "price; value".

How do you pronounce giá?

IPA: Hanoi [zaː˧˦]; Saigon [jaː˦˥]. Tones: giá — rising tone (sắc).

Is giá a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. giá is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 價.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.