Definition

Noun: - News, tidings, information (especially regarding someone's safety or whereabouts): "Âm tín" refers to news or information, particularly about a person's situation or location. It is often used in the context of waiting for or lacking such news. - Trace, sign (of life or activity): The word can also mean a sign or indication that someone is alive or active.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đã nhiều năm rồi, gia đình vẫn không nhận được bất kỳ âm tín nào từ anh ấy. (For many years now, the family has not received any news from him.)
  • Sau trận động đất, họ lo lắng vì biệt vô âm tín của người thân. (After the earthquake, they were worried because their relative vanished without a trace.)

Advanced Usage

• "biệt vô âm tín": This is a fixed literary phrase meaning "to vanish without a trace," "to disappear without leaving any news," or "to give no sign of life."
  • Người lính đó ra trận và biệt vô âm tín. (That soldier went to war and vanished without a trace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tin tức (noun): News, information. This is the modern, more common synonym for "âm tín."
  • Tôi đang chờ tin tức từ công ty. (I am waiting for news from the company.)
• Tín hiệu (noun): Signal, sign. While not a direct synonym, it relates to the concept of a detectable sign.
  • Không có tín hiệu nào từ tàu vũ trụ. (There is no signal from the spacecraft.)

Synonyms

• Tin: News.
• Tin tức: News, information.
• Thông tin: Information.

Notes on Usage

• Tone and Register: "Âm tín" is a literary and somewhat archaic word. It is rarely used in everyday modern conversation. It is most commonly encountered in the fixed phrase "biệt vô âm tín".
• Context: It is almost exclusively used in contexts concerning the presence or absence of news about a person, often implying concern or mystery over their fate.

noun

1. News
   • biệt vô âm tín
     to vanish off, to vanish without trace