Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wonderful, marvelous, exquisite: Describes something of extremely high quality, beauty, or skill, evoking a sense of awe and admiration. It often refers to an experience, object, or creation that is perceived as perfect or nearly perfect.
   • Admirable, superb: Describes an action, plan, or trait that is exceptionally clever, skillful, or effective, worthy of the highest praise.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cảnh hoàng hôn ở đây thật tuyệt diệu. (The sunset here is truly wonderful/marvelous.)
  • Cô ấy có một giọng hát tuyệt diệu. (She has an exquisite voice.)
  • Đó là một kế hoạch tuyệt diệu. (That is an admirable/superb plan.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuyệt diệu" vs. "tuyệt vời": While both mean "wonderful," "tuyệt diệu" often carries a stronger, more poetic, and sometimes more refined connotation, implying a sense of miraculous perfection or divine beauty. "Tuyệt vời" is more commonly used in everyday speech.

  • Một kiệt tác tuyệt diệu (an exquisite masterpiece) emphasizes supreme artistic beauty.
  • Một buổi tiệc tuyệt vời (a wonderful party) is a more general compliment.

• Used to describe abstract concepts like art, music, nature, or intelligence, where the quality is extraordinary.

  • sự kết hợp tuyệt diệu (a marvelous combination)
  • trí thông minh tuyệt diệu (admirable intelligence)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuyệt (adj/adv): Excellent, extreme, or to stop/cut off. Often used as an intensifier.

  • tuyệt đỉnh (the peak, superb)
  • tuyệt chủng (to become extinct)

• Diệu (adj): Wonderful, marvelous, miraculous. Often found in compound words.

  • kỳ diệu (magical, miraculous)
  • huyền diệu (mysterious and wonderful)

Synonyms

• Kỳ diệu: Magical, miraculous. Focuses more on a sense of wonder and magic.
• Xuất sắc: Excellent, outstanding. Focuses more on high quality and performance.
• Tuyệt hảo: Superb, exquisite. Very similar in meaning and register to "tuyệt diệu."
• Tuyệt trần: Peerless, unmatched (often for beauty).

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "tuyệt diệu vô song": Incomparable, peerless in its wonder.
  • Tài năng của cô ấy tuyệt diệu vô song. (Her talent is peerlessly wonderful.)
• While "tuyệt diệu" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs, it can be used in various descriptive phrases.
  • cảm thấy tuyệt diệu (to feel wonderful)
  • một điều gì đó tuyệt diệu (something wonderful)

adj

1. admirable, wonderful