Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Worthy, deserving: Having qualities that merit or justify a particular positive reaction, such as respect, praise, reward, or a specific outcome. It indicates a match between someone's/something's qualities and the recognition or consequence they receive.
   • Suitable, fitting: Appropriate or proper for a particular purpose, role, or standard.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy là một ứng viên xứng đáng cho vị trí này. (She is a worthy candidate for this position.)
  • Anh ấy đã làm việc chăm chỉ và xứng đáng được tăng lương. (He worked hard and deserves a raise.)
  • Đây là một phần thưởng xứng đáng cho chiến thắng của họ. (This is a fitting reward for their victory.)

Advanced Usage

• "xứng đáng với": to be worthy of, to live up to.
  • Cô ấy luôn cố gắng để xứng đáng với niềm tin của mọi người. (She always tries to be worthy of everyone's trust.)
• Used in formal or moral judgments to express that a positive or negative outcome is justified.
  • Kẻ phạm tội xứng đáng bị trừng phạt. (The criminal deserves to be punished.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đáng (adj): Deserving, worthy (often of negative or neutral things; "xứng đáng" is stronger and more positive). (regrettable), (blameworthy).
• Xứng (adj, often in compounds): Matching, worthy. (well-matched as a couple), (commensurate, of matching caliber).

Synonyms

• Deserving: Worthy of receiving something.
• Worthy: Having adequate worth or value.
• Meritorious: Deserving reward or praise.
• Fitting: Appropriate to the situation.

Related Idioms

• Xứng đáng mặt anh hùng: To be worthy of the title "hero"; to live up to heroic expectations.
  • Người lính cứu hỏa đó hành động xứng đáng mặt anh hùng. (That firefighter acted in a way worthy of a hero.)

adj

1. suitable, worthy