Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Prosperous: Describes a state of great success, wealth, and economic well-being, often for a person, business, or country.
   • Thriving: Indicates vigorous growth, flourishing activity, and healthy development.

2. Noun (less common):

   • Prosperity: The state of being prosperous; economic success and good fortune.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đất nước ngày càng thịnh vượng. (The country is becoming increasingly prosperous.)
  • Một khu kinh doanh thịnh vượng. (A thriving business district.)
• Noun:
  • Họ mong muốn một cuộc sống thịnh vượng. (They desire a life of prosperity.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, economic, or congratulatory contexts to describe sustained success and abundance.
• Can be part of fixed phrases in administrative or political language, e.g., (prosperous society).

Variants and Related Words

• Thịnh đạt (adj): Successful and prosperous, often used interchangeably with .
  • Công ty làm ăn thịnh đạt. (The company's business is thriving.)
• Phồn thịnh (adj): Flourishing and prosperous, often describing an era or a place.
  • Một thời kỳ phồn thịnh trong lịch sử. (A prosperous period in history.)

Synonyms

• Prosperous: Successful in material terms.
• Flourishing: Growing or developing in a healthy way.
• Booming: Experiencing a period of rapid growth and success.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Làm ăn thịnh vượng: To do thriving business.
  • Cửa hàng mới mở nhưng làm ăn thịnh vượng. (The newly opened store is doing thriving business.)
• Kinh tế thịnh vượng: Prosperous economy.
  • Mục tiêu là xây dựng một nền kinh tế thịnh vượng. (The goal is to build a prosperous economy.)

1. prosperous, thriving