# Hơn: …er than in Vietnamese (A1)

> To say "more … than", put hơn after the adjective, then what you're comparing with: Đà Lạt mát hơn Sài Gòn. Đà Lạt is cooler than Saigon.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hon-more-than/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**…er than**

Pattern: `[A] + [adjective] + hơn + [B] · [verb] + [adjective] + hơn · [A] + hơn + [B] + [amount]`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: hon

To say "more … than", put *hơn* after the adjective, then what you're comparing with: *Đà Lạt mát hơn Sài Gòn.* Đà Lạt is cooler than Saigon. There's no separate word for "more" and no "-er": *rẻ hơn* is "cheaper", *đẹp hơn* "prettier", *xa hơn* "further".

When it's obvious, leave the second half out: *Cái này rẻ hơn.* This one's cheaper. To ask which, say *Cái nào rẻ hơn?*

After a verb, the adjective and *hơn* go at the end: *Chị nói chậm hơn được không?* Could you speak more slowly? With *thích* (like), *hơn* follows the thing you like more: *Tôi thích trà hơn cà phê.*

To say by how much, add it after: *cao hơn nhiều* (much taller), *rẻ hơn một chút* (a bit cheaper). For age, *hơn* can stand alone: *Chị hơn em ba tuổi.* You're three years older than me. Before a number, *hơn* comes first and means "more than, over": *hơn một tiếng*, over an hour.

For "as … as", use *bằng*; for "the most", use *nhất*.

## A common mistake

✗ Cái này hơn rẻ cái kia.

✓ Cái này rẻ hơn cái kia.

*Hơn* comes after the adjective, not before it: *rẻ hơn*, cheaper.

## Examples

- Đà Lạt mát hơn Sài Gòn. — Đà Lạt is cooler than Saigon.
- Cái này rẻ hơn. — This one's cheaper.
- Chị nói chậm hơn được không? — Could you speak more slowly?
- Tôi thích trà hơn cà phê. — I like tea more than coffee.
- Chị hơn em ba tuổi. — You're three years older than me.

## Words in this pattern

- [hơn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/hon-more-than/#s_hon_more_than): more than

## Compare

- [As … as: bằng / như](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bang-nhu-as-as/): as … as
- [The most: adjective + nhất](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhat-most/): the …est
- [Less … than: kém / ít … hơn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/kem-less/): less … than

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