hơn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hon"
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [həːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [həːŋ˧˧]
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Conjunction
edithơn
Determiner
editVerb
edit- 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
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