bặt

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Đứa bé đang khóc bỗng im bặt.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Completely silent; utterly still: Describes a state where all sound has ceased absolutely, leaving no audible trace or sign of activity. It implies a sudden and total quiet.
   • Giving no sign of life or communication: Describes a situation where there is a complete absence of news, signals, or any form of contact from someone or something.

2. Adverb:

   • Completely; absolutely: Used to modify a verb, indicating that an action (like stopping or disappearing) has happened totally and finally.

Usage Examples

• Adjective/Adverbial Usage:
  • Căn phòng im bặt khi cô ấy bước vào. (The room fell completely silent when she entered.)
  • Sau cơn bão, khu rừng trở nên vắng bặt. (After the storm, the forest became utterly still and devoid of life.)
  • Tiếng chuông reo một hồi rồi bặt. (The phone rang for a while and then went completely silent.)

Advanced Usage

• "vắng bặt": to be absent/deserted with no trace or sign of life or activity.

  • Con đường thường đông đúc giờ vắng bặt người qua lại. (The usually crowded street is now deserted, with no sign of people passing.)

• "bặt vô âm tín": to be completely out of contact; to not send any news.

  • Anh ấy đi xa đã lâu và bặt vô âm tín. (He left long ago and has been completely out of contact.)

Variants and Related Words

• Im bặt (adj/phrase): to become silent suddenly and completely.

  • Mọi lời tranh cãi im bặt sau tuyên bố của chủ tịch. (All arguments fell completely silent after the chairman's statement.)

• Bằn bặt (adj): (a reduplicated, more emphatic form of bặt) completely, absolutely, utterly.

  • Tin tức về họ bằn bặt từ đó. (News of them has been utterly absent since then.)

Synonyms

• Silent: making no sound.
• Hushed: made quiet.
• Still: without movement or sound.
• Absent: not present or not making contact.

Related Idioms

• Cười bặt: to stop laughing abruptly and completely.

  • Nghe tin đó, mọi người cười bặt. (Hearing that news, everyone's laughter died abruptly.)

• Bặt thiệp (literary): to cease correspondence or communication entirely.

  • Hai người bạn cũ đã bặt thiệp với nhau. (The two old friends have completely ceased correspondence with each other.)

Học thuật

adj

1. Completely silent, giving no sign of life
   • tiếng hát cất lên rồi bặt đi
     the singing voice rose, then was completely silent
   • tiếng súng im bặt
     the guns fell completely silent
   • vắng bặt
     to be away with no sign of life