Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extraordinary: Surpassing the ordinary or usual; exceptional in degree, magnitude, or quality.
   • Remarkable: Worthy of attention or notice due to being uncommon or surprising.
   • Exceptional: Unusually good or outstanding; not typical.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có sức mạnh phi thường. (She has extraordinary strength.)
  • Đó là một thành tựu phi thường. (That is a remarkable achievement.)
  • Anh ấy thể hiện lòng dũng cảm phi thường. (He displayed exceptional courage.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to describe positive qualities, achievements, or phenomena that far exceed normal limits and inspire admiration or awe.
  • Trí thông minh phi thường của cậu bé đã làm kinh ngạc các giáo sư. (The boy's extraordinary intelligence astonished the professors.)

Variants and Related Words

• Siêu phàm (adj): Superhuman, sublime. Often used in similar contexts but can imply a more transcendent, almost otherworldly quality.
  • Khả năng siêu phàm. (Superhuman ability.)

Synonyms

• Extraordinary: Very unusual or remarkable.
• Exceptional: Unusually good; standing out.
• Prodigious: Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
• Phenomenal: Very remarkable; extraordinary.

Related Idioms

• While "phi thường" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the core adjective in descriptive phrases praising exceptional effort or results.
  • Nỗ lực phi thường. (Extraordinary effort.)
  • Tài năng phi thường. (Exceptional talent.)

adj

1. extraordinary, abnomal