# Còn … hơn: even more in Vietnamese (B1)

> You know hơn for "more … than": Đà Lạt mát hơn Sài Gòn. Put còn before the adjective, and it becomes "even …er": Sa Pa còn lạnh hơn. Sa Pa is even colder.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/con-hon-even/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**even more**

Pattern: `[A] + còn + [adjective] + hơn (+ [B])`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: con … hon

You know *hơn* for "more … than": *Đà Lạt mát hơn Sài Gòn.* Put *còn* before the adjective, and it becomes "even …er": *Sa Pa còn lạnh hơn.* Sa Pa is even colder. *Còn* here means "still, even": the first thing was already cold, and this one is more so.

What you compare with follows as usual: *Hôm nay còn nóng hơn hôm qua.* Today is even hotter than yesterday. After a verb, *còn* goes before the adjective that follows it: *Em gái tôi nói tiếng Anh còn giỏi hơn tôi.* My sister speaks English even better than I do. *Nữa* at the end adds a little more weight: *còn rẻ hơn nữa*.

Use it when the comparison builds on something already said or understood. Often both halves come together, joined by *mà*: *Hà Nội lạnh, mà Sa Pa còn lạnh hơn.*

*Còn* also means "even" before a verb, most often with *không*: *Anh ấy còn không nói cảm ơn.* He didn't even say thank you. For "even" before a person, as in "even children know", use *ngay cả … cũng*: *Ngay cả con nít cũng biết.* In Hà Nội the word for children is *trẻ con*.

## Examples

- Hà Nội lạnh, mà Sa Pa còn lạnh hơn. — Hà Nội is cold, but Sa Pa is even colder.
- Hôm nay còn nóng hơn hôm qua. — Today is even hotter than yesterday.
- Chỗ này còn rẻ hơn chợ Bến Thành nữa. — This place is even cheaper than Bến Thành market.
- Em gái tôi nói tiếng Anh còn giỏi hơn tôi. — My younger sister speaks English even better than I do.

## Compare

- [More … than: adjective + hơn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hon-more-than/): …er than
- [Even X: (ngay) cả … cũng](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ngay-ca-even/): even
- [Let alone: … nữa là, huống hồ, huống chi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/huong-ho-let-alone/): let alone, much less
- [Even: thậm chí](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tham-chi-even/): even

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