thượng khẩn

Thư thượng khẩn được chuyển phát ngay lập tức.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely urgent: Describes a matter of the highest priority requiring immediate action or attention. It is a formal term, often used in official, governmental, or military contexts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bộ Tổng Tham mưu đã ra lệnh thượng khẩn. (The General Staff issued an extremely urgent order.)
  • Đây là một công văn thượng khẩn. (This is an extremely urgent official dispatch.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in formal written communications, such as official documents, telegrams, or military orders, to denote a level of urgency above standard "khẩn" (urgent).

Variants and Related Words

• Khẩn (adj): urgent.

  • tin khẩn (urgent news)

• Khẩn cấp (adj): emergency, critical.

  • tình huống khẩn cấp (emergency situation)

• Hỏa tốc (adj): express, very urgent (often for delivery).

  • thư hỏa tốc (express mail)

Synonyms

• Critically urgent: of vital and immediate importance.
• Imperative: of vital importance; crucial.
• Pressing: requiring quick action.

Related Idioms

• Gấp rút: hurriedly, in haste (describes the manner of action rather than the status).
  • thi công gấp rút (to construct hurriedly)