Definition

Noun: 1. Summit, Peak, Apex: The highest point or top of something physical, such as a mountain. 2. Summit (figurative): The highest attainable level of achievement, power, or development in a non-physical context. 3. Summit (political/diplomatic): A meeting or conference between the highest-level leaders of different nations or organizations.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Physical):
  • Các nhà leo núi đã chinh phục được thượng đỉnh của ngọn núi. (The climbers conquered the summit of the mountain.)
• Noun (Figurative):
  • Thành công này đánh dấu thượng đỉnh trong sự nghiệp của cô ấy. (This success marks the pinnacle of her career.)
• Noun (Political):
  • Hội nghị thượng đỉnh ASEAN sẽ diễn ra vào tuần tới. (The ASEAN summit will take place next week.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is most commonly used in modern Vietnamese in its political/diplomatic sense ("summit meeting"). The physical and figurative meanings are understood but used less frequently in everyday language.

Variants and Related Words

• Đỉnh (noun): Peak, top. A more common and general word for the top of a physical object or the peak of a situation.
  • đỉnh núi (mountain peak), đạt đến đỉnh cao (to reach the peak/height).
• Hội nghị thượng đỉnh (noun phrase): Summit conference, summit meeting. The full, standard term for a diplomatic summit.

Synonyms

• Summit: The highest point, especially of a mountain or a formal meeting of leaders.
• Peak: The pointed top of a mountain or the highest level of something.
• Pinnacle: The most successful or powerful point.
• Apex: The top or highest part of something.

Related Idioms

• Lên đến thượng đỉnh: To reach the summit/peak. Can be used literally for climbing or figuratively for achieving the highest point.
  • Sau nhiều nỗ lực, anh ấy đã lên đến thượng đỉnh của ngành công nghiệp âm nhạc. (After much effort, he reached the summit of the music industry.)

noun

1. summit, top