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˧˧]

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Adverb

hơn • (欣)

1. more, -er, to a greater degree or extent

   to hơn ― bigger

   hơn một năm ― more than a year

   Tôi thích tiếng Việt hơn tiếng Anh.

   I like Vietnamese more than English.

   không hơn không kém ― neither more nore less

Usage notes

The word “than”, which English requires in front of the standard after a comparative degree, is not translated:

đẹp hơn cái này ― more beautiful [than] this one

Adjective

hơn • (欣)

1. better

   Có hơn nó chỗ nào đâu mà chém kinh thế?

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

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• nhơ