tiềm tàng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Potential: Existing in possibility, not yet actual or realized. Describes a quality, ability, or resource that is not currently visible or active but could become so in the future.
- Latent: Present but not visible, obvious, or active; concealed within. Often used to describe something dormant, such as a hidden danger or an undeveloped talent.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy có khả năng tiềm tàng để trở thành một nhà lãnh đạo. (He has the potential to become a leader.)
- Đó là một mối nguy hiểm tiềm tàng cần được nhận diện. (That is a latent danger that needs to be identified.)
- Chúng ta phải biết khai thác những lợi thế tiềm tàng của đất nước. (We must know how to exploit the country's potential advantages.)
Advanced Usage
- Used in formal, academic, or analytical contexts to discuss underlying factors, unobserved capacities, or future possibilities.
- Often modifies abstract nouns like (risk), (ability/capacity), (strength), (energy).
Variants and Related Words
- Tiềm ẩn (adj): Also means latent, hidden, or concealed. It can sometimes be used interchangeably with , though may emphasize a deeper state of being hidden or buried.
- Sự bất ổn tiềm ẩn trong xã hội. (The latent instability in society.)
Synonyms
- Potential: Possible as opposed to actual.
- Latent: Existing but not yet developed or manifest.
- Dormant: Inactive but capable of becoming active.
- Underlying: Fundamental but not immediately obvious.
Related Idioms
- While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is a key component in descriptive phrases about hidden qualities or risks.
- Sức mạnh tiềm tàng: latent strength.
- Nguy cơ tiềm tàng: potential/latent risk.