More … than: adjective + hơn

…er than

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

A1 · estimate

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.

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.

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