thông minh
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Definition
Adjective:
- Intelligent, clever: Having a good mental capacity, able to understand, learn, and apply knowledge quickly and effectively.
- Bright, sharp: Showing quickness of mind, being perceptive and adept at solving problems.
Adjective (extended usage):
- Smart, ingenious: Demonstrating quick-wittedness and cleverness in response or action, often in a practical or resourceful way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ đó rất thông minh. (That child is very intelligent.)
- Cô ấy đưa ra một giải pháp thông minh. (She proposed a clever solution.)
- Anh ấy có vẻ ngoài thông minh, lanh lợi. (He has a bright, sharp appearance.)
Advanced Usage
"thông minh sắc sảo": astute, shrewdly intelligent.
- Nhà phân tích thông minh sắc sảo đó đã dự đoán đúng xu hướng. (That astute analyst correctly predicted the trend.)
Used in compound terms to describe specialized intelligence:
- trí thông minh nhân tạo: artificial intelligence.
- trí thông minh cảm xúc: emotional intelligence.
Variants and Related Words
- Thông minh can function as an adjective only. The related noun is trí thông minh (n): intelligence.
- Bài kiểm tra đo lường trí thông minh. (The test measures intelligence.)
Synonyms
- Intelligent: Having or showing good mental capacity.
- Clever: Quick to understand, learn, and devise ideas.
- Bright: Intelligent and quick-witted.
- Sharp: Having or showing a quick ability to notice and understand things.
- Smart: Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.
Antonyms
- Ngu ngốc (adj): stupid, foolish.
- Đần độn (adj): dull, slow-witted.
- Chậm hiểu (adj): slow to understand.
Related Idioms and Common Phrases
Khôn ngoan và thông minh: Wise and intelligent (often used together to describe both wisdom and intellect).
- Một nhà lãnh đạo cần cả khôn ngoan lẫn thông minh. (A leader needs both wisdom and intelligence.)
Thông minh vốn sẵn tính trời: A phrase suggesting intelligence is an innate, natural gift.
- Cậu bé ấy học toán dễ dàng, đúng là thông minh vốn sẵn tính trời. (That boy learns math easily; his intelligence is truly a natural gift.)