Hàng (Par)

Situations

S1: He had dinner at a restaurant and spent about one to two million VND; this is a lot.

Ông ta ăn tối ở nhà hàng tốn hàng triệu đồng.
(He had dinner at a restaurant and spent millions of đồng.)

S2: She received a lot of letters, perhaps about ten or twenty.

Cô ấy nhận được hàng chục lá thư.
(She received dozens of letters.)

Definition

Hàng, as a particle, is used to express an undefined quantity that is considered to be a lot (the amount is counted by a unit of measure which follows hàng).

  • hàng and cả: In many cases, hàng can be replaced by cả (both express "a lot") but there is a difference:
    • hàng triệu đồng -> millions of đồng -> more than 1 million.
    • cả triệu đồng -> about a million -> about 1 million (more or less).

Combinations

  • hàng loạt: In mass / a series of.
[1] Xe hơi được sản xuất hàng loạt nên rẻ.
    (Cars are mass produced, which makes them cheaper.)
[2] Hàng loạt ngôi nhà bị cơn bão phá hủy.
    (Rows of houses were destroyed by the storm.)

Hàng loạt expresses a great quantity of the same type at the same time.