Definition

1. Adjective:

   • High-ranking: Used to describe a person, position, or entity that holds a superior level in a hierarchy, organization, or system.
   • High-level: Pertaining to the most important or senior tier within an organizational or diplomatic structure.

2. Noun (in compound forms):

   • Summit: Refers to a high-level meeting, especially between leaders of governments or organizations. This meaning is typically realized in the compound phrase "hội nghị cấp cao."

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Các quan chức cấp cao sẽ có cuộc họp vào sáng mai. (High-ranking officials will have a meeting tomorrow morning.)
  • Đây là một vấn đề thuộc về quản lý cấp cao. (This is an issue for high-level management.)

• Noun (in context):

  • Hội nghị cấp cao ASEAN sẽ diễn ra vào tuần tới. (The ASEAN summit will take place next week.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used attributively before nouns to specify the elevated rank or importance of the noun it modifies.
• In diplomatic and corporate contexts, "cấp cao" implies decision-making authority and strategic importance.

Variants and Related Words

• Cấp lãnh đạo cao (n): High leadership level.
• Cao cấp (adj): High-class, premium (often used for products or services, not typically for personnel rank).

Synonyms

• High-ranking: Of superior rank or position.
• Senior: Having higher status or longer service.
• Top-level: At the highest level of an organization.

Related Phrases

• Đàm phán cấp cao: High-level negotiations.
  • Hai nước đã tiến hành đàm phán cấp cao về thương mại. (The two countries conducted high-level trade negotiations.)
• Cán bộ cấp cao: High-ranking cadre/officer.

1. High - ranking
   • Quan chức cấp cao
     High - ranking officials
2. Summit
   • Hội nghị cấp cao
     A summit [conference]