Definition

Noun: - The absolute peak or summit: The very highest point, either physically (of a mountain) or metaphorically (of achievement, intensity, or development). - The zenith or apex: The utmost degree or the climax of something, representing its maximum level or intensity.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sự nghiệp của ông ấy đã đạt đến tột đỉnh. (His career has reached its peak.)
  • Núi Phan-xi-păng là tột đỉnh của Đông Dương. (Fansipan Mountain is the highest peak in Indochina.)
  • Cơn giận của cô ấy lên đến tột đỉnh. (Her anger rose to its climax.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe the extreme limit of a state, emotion, or position. It emphasizes an absolute, often unsurpassable, high point.
• It is frequently used with verbs like "đạt đến" (to reach), "lên đến" (to rise to), or "ở" (to be at).

Variants and Related Words

• Đỉnh (noun): peak, summit, top. A more common and general term for a high point.
• Cực điểm (noun): extreme point, climax. Often used for intensity or a turning point.
• Đỉnh cao (noun): height, pinnacle. Similar to "tột đỉnh" but may not always carry the same connotation of being the highest.

Synonyms

• Peak: The highest point.
• Summit: The topmost level.
• Zenith: The time at which something is most powerful or successful.
• Apex: The top or highest part.
• Climax: The most intense point.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lên đến tột đỉnh: To escalate to the peak/to reach the climax.
  • Cuộc tranh cãi đã lên đến tột đỉnh. (The argument escalated to its climax.)
• Ở vào thời kỳ tột đỉnh: To be at the peak period.
  • Nghệ sĩ đó đang ở vào thời kỳ tột đỉnh của sự nghiệp. (That artist is at the peak period of their career.)

noun

1. top, peak