Definition

1. Noun:

   • Top, Peak, Summit: The highest point of a physical object, especially a mountain or hill.
   • Tip, Apex: The pointed or highest part of something, such as a triangle, a cone, or the head.
   • Crown: The top part of something, like the crown of a hat or the crown of the head.
   • Pinnacle, Zenith (figurative): The highest level or degree of achievement, development, or intensity.

2. Noun (Specialized):

   • Vertex (Geometry): The common point where two or more lines or edges meet to form an angle or corner of a polygon or polyhedron.
   • Peak, Climax: The point of greatest intensity, such as the peak of a fever or the climax of an event.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi đã leo lên đỉnh núi. (We climbed to the peak of the mountain.)
  • Cô ấy chạm vào đỉnh đầu của đứa trẻ. (She touched the crown of the child's head.)
  • Sự nghiệp của anh ấy đang ở đỉnh cao. (His career is at its zenith.)
• Noun (Geometry):
  • Hãy xác định các đỉnh của hình tam giác. (Identify the vertices of the triangle.)

Advanced Usage

• "lên đến đỉnh điểm": to reach a peak/climax.
  • Căng thẳng giữa hai nước đã lên đến đỉnh điểm. (Tensions between the two countries have reached a peak.)
• "đỉnh của đỉnh" (slang): Used to emphasize something as being extremely good, excellent, or top-tier.
  • Bộ phim này hay, đỉnh của đỉnh! (This movie is great, the absolute best!)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỉnh cao (n): The pinnacle, the highest level (often figurative).
  • Đây là đỉnh cao của nghệ thuật Baroque. (This is the pinnacle of Baroque art.)
• Đỉnh chóp (n): The very top, the apex (often more pointed).
  • Đỉnh chóp của ngọn tháp. (The spire of the tower.)

Synonyms

• Top: The highest part or point.
• Peak: The pointed top of a mountain, or the highest point of something.
• Summit: The highest point of a hill or mountain.
• Apex: The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
• Zenith: The time at which something is most powerful or successful (figurative).

Related Idioms

• Đứng đỉnh đầu: Literally "to stand on the crown of the head," meaning the sun is directly overhead (at noon).
  • Mặt trời đứng đỉnh đầu. (The sun is directly overhead.)
• Chót vót đỉnh trời: Poetic expression meaning "towering to the sky's peak," describing something very high.
  • Ngọn núi chót vót đỉnh trời. (The mountain towers to the sky's peak.)

noun

1. top; peak; summit; tip; crown