hơn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hon"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *hən ~ *həən (“to grow, to increase”); cognate with Arem hɨən ("more than; to defeat, to win against"), Pacoh hon (“grown”), Bahnar hon (“to grow”), Plang [La Gang] hɔ́n, and Khasi byrhien (“(people) in large numbers”)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [həːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [həːŋ˧˧]

Conjunction

hơn

1. than

Determiner

hơn • (欣)

1. more, more than

Verb

hơn • (欣)

1. to be more than, to be better than

   Có hơn nó chỗ nào đâu mà chém kinh thế?

   You're not better than him/her at anything, stop shit talking.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hơn cả
• hơn hết
• hơn nữa
• hơn thua
• không hơn không kém

 

Anagrams

• nhơ