tột bậc

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Utmost; supreme; highest degree: Describes something that has reached the absolute peak, limit, or highest possible level of a quality, state, or rank.
   • Extreme; consummate: Used to emphasize the greatest possible intensity or perfection of a characteristic.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sự khéo léo tột bậc của nghệ nhân khiến mọi người thán phục. (The artisan's utmost skill made everyone admire him.)
  • Đó là một niềm vui tột bậc. (That is a joy of the highest degree.)
  • Anh ấy đạt đến đỉnh cao tột bậc trong sự nghiệp. (He reached the supreme peak of his career.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal or literary contexts to add strong emphasis. It can modify abstract nouns like happiness, pain, honor, or skill.
  • Lòng trung thành tột bậc. (Unwavering loyalty. / Loyalty of the highest order.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tột cùng (adj): extreme, utmost, the very limit. Often used interchangeably with tột bậc, but can sometimes imply a sense of "end" or "limit."

  • Nỗi đau tột cùng. (The utmost pain.)

• Tột đỉnh (n/phrase): the absolute summit or zenith.

  • Sự thành công tột đỉnh. (Pinnacle of success.)

Synonyms

• Utmost: of the greatest or highest degree.
• Supreme: highest in rank or degree.
• Extreme: reaching a high or the highest degree.
• Consummate: showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it functions similarly to the English construction "of the highest order."
  • Tài năng tột bậc. (Talent of the highest order.)