大师级

大師級
dàshījí
adjective #31,573

Meanings

  1. 1 master-class
  2. 2 of master-grade quality
  3. 3 at the level of a grand master

Examples

Tā de gāngqín yǎnzòu kānchēng dàshījí.
His piano performance can be called master-class.
Zhè shì yī chǎng dàshījí de guójì xiàngqí duìjué.
This is a grandmaster-level chess showdown.

Tips

grammar
The suffix (jí) 'level / grade' attaches to nouns to form adjectives meaning 'X-class / X-level': 国家级 'national-level', 世界级 'world-class', 大师级 'master-class', 国宝 'national-treasure level'. Modifies the following noun directly: 大师级演奏 'master-class performance'.
register
Strong praise — use sparingly, otherwise it sounds like marketing copy. In sports and esports, 大师级 often translates the actual rank 'grandmaster' (as in chess GM titles or video-game ranking tiers like Overwatch's Grandmaster).

Stroke Order

shī