đỉnh
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Definition
Noun:
- Top, Peak, Summit: The highest point of a physical object, especially a mountain or hill.
- Tip, Apex: The pointed or highest part of something, such as a triangle, a cone, or the head.
- Crown: The top part of something, like the crown of a hat or the crown of the head.
- Pinnacle, Zenith (figurative): The highest level or degree of achievement, development, or intensity.
Noun (Specialized):
- Vertex (Geometry): The common point where two or more lines or edges meet to form an angle or corner of a polygon or polyhedron.
- Peak, Climax: The point of greatest intensity, such as the peak of a fever or the climax of an event.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chúng tôi đã leo lên đỉnh núi. (We climbed to the peak of the mountain.)
- Cô ấy chạm vào đỉnh đầu của đứa trẻ. (She touched the crown of the child's head.)
- Sự nghiệp của anh ấy đang ở đỉnh cao. (His career is at its zenith.)
- Noun (Geometry):
- Hãy xác định các đỉnh của hình tam giác. (Identify the vertices of the triangle.)
Advanced Usage
- "lên đến đỉnh điểm": to reach a peak/climax.
- Căng thẳng giữa hai nước đã lên đến đỉnh điểm. (Tensions between the two countries have reached a peak.)
- "đỉnh của đỉnh" (slang): Used to emphasize something as being extremely good, excellent, or top-tier.
- Bộ phim này hay, đỉnh của đỉnh! (This movie is great, the absolute best!)
Variants and Related Words
- Đỉnh cao (n): The pinnacle, the highest level (often figurative).
- Đây là đỉnh cao của nghệ thuật Baroque. (This is the pinnacle of Baroque art.)
- Đỉnh chóp (n): The very top, the apex (often more pointed).
- Đỉnh chóp của ngọn tháp. (The spire of the tower.)
Synonyms
- Top: The highest part or point.
- Peak: The pointed top of a mountain, or the highest point of something.
- Summit: The highest point of a hill or mountain.
- Apex: The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
- Zenith: The time at which something is most powerful or successful (figurative).
Related Idioms
- Đứng đỉnh đầu: Literally "to stand on the crown of the head," meaning the sun is directly overhead (at noon).
- Mặt trời đứng đỉnh đầu. (The sun is directly overhead.)
- Chót vót đỉnh trời: Poetic expression meaning "towering to the sky's peak," describing something very high.
- Ngọn núi chót vót đỉnh trời. (The mountain towers to the sky's peak.)