Definition

1. Verb:
   • To improve: To make something better by making changes or introducing new, more effective elements. It focuses on progressive enhancement, often through innovation or refinement of methods, processes, or tools.
   • To reform / To upgrade: To alter something with the specific aim of advancing it, making it more modern, efficient, or effective.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chúng tôi luôn tìm cách cải tiến dịch vụ. (We are always looking for ways to improve our service.)
  • Nhà máy đã cải tiến quy trình sản xuất. (The factory has improved the production process.)
  • Họ dùng công cụ cải tiến để tăng năng suất. (They use improved tools to increase productivity.)

Advanced Usage

• "cải tiến kỹ thuật": technical improvement or innovation.

  • Cải tiến kỹ thuật là chìa khóa cho sự phát triển. (Technical improvement is the key to development.)

• Used as an adjective in compound nouns to mean "improved" or "upgraded."

  • xe cải tiến (an improved cart/vehicle)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự cải tiến (n): an improvement, an innovation.

  • Sự cải tiến này rất đáng kể. (This improvement is very significant.)

• Cải cách (v/n): to reform / a reform. This often implies broader, more systemic changes compared to cải tiến.

  • cải cách giáo dục (educational reform)

Synonyms

• Improve: To make or become better.
• Enhance: To intensify or increase the quality of something.
• Upgrade: To raise something to a higher standard.
• Refine: To improve by making small changes.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of idioms, it is central to common phrases about progress.
  • Không ngừng cải tiến: to improve continuously / constant improvement.

    • Công ty chúng tôi theo đuổi nguyên tắc không ngừng cải tiến. (Our company pursues the principle of continuous improvement.)

verb

1. To improve
   • cải tiến quản lý xí nghiệp
     to improve the management of enterprise
   • dùng công cụ cải tiến
     to make use of improved tools
   • xe cải tiến
     an improved handcart (fitted with ball bearings)