Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Proficient; Skilled: Having or showing a high degree of competence, expertise, or ease in performing a specific task or activity due to training and practice.
   • Mature; Ripe: In biological contexts, describing an organism or a part of it that has reached full development or maturity, such as a ripe fruit or sexual maturity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Proficient):
  • Cô ấy sử dụng phần mềm này rất thành thục. (She uses this software very proficiently.)
  • Người thợ mộc thành thục đã hoàn thành bàn ghế nhanh chóng. (The skilled carpenter finished the furniture quickly.)
• Adjective (Mature):
  • Cây đã ra quả thành thục. (The tree has produced ripe fruit.)
  • Giai đoạn thành thục sinh dục rất quan trọng. (The stage of sexual maturity is very important.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe a state of being fully developed, practiced, or adept. It often implies a process of learning or growth has been successfully completed.
• "thành thục công việc": proficient at one's job.
  • Sau một năm, anh ấy đã thành thục công việc. (After one year, he became proficient at his job.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thành thạo (adj): A very close synonym meaning skilled, adept, or proficient.
  • Anh ấy lái xe rất thành thạo. (He drives very skillfully.)
• Thuần thục (adj): Often used interchangeably with "thành thục" to mean highly skilled or fluent, sometimes with a nuance of smooth, effortless mastery.
  • Vận động viên biểu diễn động tác một cách thuần thục. (The athlete performed the movement with fluent skill.)

Synonyms

• Proficient: Competent or skilled in doing something.
• Skilled: Having the abilities and experience to do something well.
• Adept: Very skilled or proficient.
• Mature: Fully developed physically or functionally.

Related Idioms

• While "thành thục" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions, its synonyms appear in phrases emphasizing skill, such as "thành thạo tay nghề" (highly skilled in one's craft).
  • Người thợ kim hoàn đó thành thạo tay nghề. (That jeweler is highly skilled in his craft.)