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đắt quá

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Also seen as: mắc quá

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The bargaining opener: "too expensive!" — half price-check, half theater; the South says "mắc quá" (same move, different word).

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

giá quá cao

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Literally: expensive too much

Where it’s used: More common Miền Bắc · Northern Vietnam

Examples

Ba trăm hả chị? Đắt quá, bớt cho em chút đi.Three hundred? That's steep — knock a bit off for me.

Editorial example (batch 048)

Sources & notes

Headword discovered via the English Wikivoyage Vietnamese phrasebook (CC BY-SA; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05. The đắt/mắc pair is a classic N/S split; see "mắc quá" if present.

Topics: Everyday talk

Common questions

What does “đắt quá” mean?

The bargaining opener: "too expensive!" — half price-check, half theater; the South says "mắc quá" (same move, different word). Literally: expensive too much

Is “đắt quá” formal or informal?

đắt quá is generally informal.

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