# Bao nhiêu tiền: how much is it? in Vietnamese (A1)

> To ask what something costs, name the thing and add bao nhiêu tiền: Cái này bao nhiêu tiền? How much is this?

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bao-nhieu-tien-price/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**how much is it?**

Pattern: `[thing] + bao nhiêu tiền? · [thing] + bao nhiêu một + [unit]?`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: bao nhieu tien, bao nhieu mot

Situations: [Shops and services](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/?use=service)

To ask what something costs, name the thing and add *bao nhiêu tiền*: *Cái này bao nhiêu tiền?* How much is this? *Tiền* means money, and it's often left out: *Cái này bao nhiêu?* In quick Saigon speech, and in messages, *bao nhiêu* shrinks to *nhiêu*: *Cái này nhiêu?*

For things sold by weight or by the piece, add *một* and the unit: *Cam bao nhiêu một ký?* How much is a kilo of oranges? *Dừa bao nhiêu một trái?* How much is one coconut? In Hà Nội a kilo is *một cân* and a piece of fruit is *một quả*.

The answer is just the price: *Ba mươi ngàn một ký.* Thirty thousand a kilo. Prices are counted in thousands of đồng, so *ngàn* (thousand; in Hà Nội *nghìn*) is the word you'll hear most. At the market it's often dropped: *Ba mươi.*

When you're paying for several things, ask *Hết bao nhiêu?* How much is it altogether? For how many or how much of anything else, *bao nhiêu* works on its own: *Anh mua bao nhiêu?*

## Examples

- Cái này bao nhiêu tiền chị? — How much is this? (to a woman selling)
- Saigon: Dạ, bốn mươi ngàn. | Hà Nội: Dạ, bốn mươi nghìn. — Forty thousand.
- Saigon: Cam bao nhiêu một ký? | Hà Nội: Cam bao nhiêu một cân? — How much is a kilo of oranges?
- Saigon: Dừa bao nhiêu một trái? | Hà Nội: Dừa bao nhiêu một quả? — How much for one coconut?
- Hết bao nhiêu vậy em? — How much is that altogether?

## Compare

- [How many, how much: bao nhiêu](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bao-nhieu-how-many/): how many / how much?

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