Definition

Noun: * Standard, Level, Proficiency: The degree or grade of knowledge, skill, or development attained in a particular field or area. It indicates a person's or group's capacity, competence, or quality relative to a scale (high, low, advanced, basic). * Caliber, Attainment: The extent of one's education, training, or understanding.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trình độ tiếng Anh của cô ấy rất cao. (Her level of English is very high.)
  • Công ty yêu cầu ứng viên có trình độ đại học. (The company requires candidates to have a university education / a university degree.)
  • Chúng ta cần nâng cao trình độ chuyên môn. (We need to improve our professional standards / expertise.)
  • Trình độ phát triển kinh tế của nước này rất ấn tượng. (The economic development level of this country is very impressive.)

Advanced Usage

• "Trình độ" is often modified by adjectives to specify the degree: (high level), (low level), (average level), (beginner/elementary level), (advanced level).
• It is commonly used in compound phrases that specify the domain: (educational level/academic attainment), (professional expertise/specialized skill level), (cultural level/general education), (technical level/technological standard).

Variants and Related Words

• Trình (verb/noun): To present, to submit; also used in some contexts to mean "level" or "stage" (e.g., literally combines "trình" (stage/grade) and "độ" (degree)).
• Năng lực (noun): Capacity, capability, ability (focuses more on inherent or practical ability).
• Khả năng (noun): Ability, capability, potential.
• Cấp độ (noun): Grade, level, tier (often used for more hierarchical or ranked levels).

Synonyms

• Mức độ (noun): Degree, extent, level (more general, can apply to abstract concepts like happiness or danger).
• Tầm (noun): Caliber, stature, scope (e.g., - scope of understanding).
• Trình (noun): In some formal or older contexts, can be used similarly to (e.g., ).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Đánh giá trình độ: To assess/evaluate the level.
  • Bài kiểm tra này để đánh giá trình độ đầu vào của sinh viên. (This test is to assess the students' entry level.)
• Có trình độ: To have a (certain) level/standard; to be qualified.
  • Anh ấy là một kỹ sư có trình độ. (He is a qualified engineer.)
• Nâng cao trình độ: To improve/raise one's level.
  • Cô ấy đang học thêm để nâng cao trình độ. (She is taking extra classes to improve her proficiency.)

Idioms and Common Expressions

• "Trình độ đến đâu, làm việc đến đó": (Proverb) Literally "One's work matches one's level." It means you can only perform according to your capability or knowledge. Similar to "You can only do what you know how to do."
• "Trình độ có hạn": (Fixed phrase) Literally "having a limited level." A humble way to say one's knowledge or ability on a subject is limited.
  • Về vấn đề này, trình độ của tôi có hạn. (Regarding this issue, my knowledge is limited.)

noun

1. standard, level