Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disappear completely, to vanish without a trace: "biệt tăm" describes the action of a person or thing disappearing so thoroughly that no sign or information about their whereabouts remains.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đã biệt tăm sau vụ tai nạn. (He vanished without a trace after the accident.)
  • Chiếc máy bay biệt tăm trên biển Thái Bình Dương. (The airplane disappeared without a trace over the Pacific Ocean.)
  • Kẻ trộm đã biệt tăm cùng số tiền. (The thief disappeared without a trace along with the money.)

Advanced Usage

• "biệt tăm biệt tích": This is a stronger, more emphatic phrase combining "biệt tăm" with "biệt tích" (to be missing, to have disappeared). It intensifies the meaning of a complete and mysterious disappearance.
  • Nhà thám hiểm đã biệt tăm biệt tích trong rừng già. (The explorer vanished without a trace in the primeval forest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Biệt tích (verb): To be missing, to have disappeared (often used in formal contexts like reports).
  • Anh ta đã bị báo cáo là biệt tích. (He was reported missing.)
• Mất tích (verb): To be missing, to disappear. This is a more common and general synonym.
  • Đứa trẻ đã mất tích hai ngày. (The child has been missing for two days.)

Synonyms

• Bặt vô âm tín: To cease all communication, to not send any news (emphasizes the lack of contact).
• Tan biến: To dissolve, to vanish (can be used for physical or abstract things).
• Bốc hơi (slang): To evaporate, to vanish (informal, often humorous or critical).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As "biệt tăm" is a Vietnamese verb, the concept of English phrasal verbs does not apply directly. Instead, here are common verb phrases using "biệt tăm". - Đi biệt tăm: To go away and vanish. - Nó đã đi biệt tăm từ năm ngoái. (He went away and vanished last year.)

Related Idioms

• Như bóng ma, như khói tỏa: Like a ghost, like dispersing smoke (describes a silent, complete disappearance).
  • Tên cướp biến mất khỏi hiện trường như khói tỏa. (The robber vanished from the scene like dispersing smoke.)

1. Gone without (leaving) a trace