bặt tin

Thân thiện

Sau trận bão lớn, cả ngôi làng bỗng nhiên bặt tin với bên ngoài.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Newsless, having no news or information: Describes a state where there is a complete absence of news, communication, or information from someone. It implies a sudden or prolonged silence where expected contact or updates are missing.
   • Out of contact, incommunicado: Refers to a person who has ceased all communication, giving no sign of life or whereabouts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy đi công tác nước ngoài rồi bặt tin luôn. (He went on a business trip abroad and then went completely newsless.)
  • Gia đình rất lo lắng vì cô ấy bặt tin đã hơn một tuần. (The family is very worried because she has been out of contact for over a week.)
  • Sau trận bão, nhiều vùng bị bặt tin. (After the storm, many areas were cut off from communication.)

Advanced Usage

• "bặt vô âm tín": A more literary or emphatic variant meaning "completely silent, without a trace of news."
  • Người lính đó ra trận rồi bặt vô âm tín. (That soldier went to war and then was lost without a trace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bặt vắng (adj): Absent, missing (often used for people or things that are conspicuously absent).
  • Anh ta bặt vắng trong buổi họp quan trọng. (He was absent from the important meeting.)
• Bặt tăm (adj/phrase): To disappear without a trace.
  • Tên trộm đã bặt tăm sau vụ cướp. (The thief vanished without a trace after the robbery.)

Synonyms

• Mất liên lạc: To lose contact.
• Im hơi lặng tiếng: To fall silent, to not make a sound or give any news.

Related Phrases

• Bặt tin bặt tích: To disappear completely, leaving no news or trace (a common paired phrase emphasizing total disappearance).
  • Cậu bạn thân của tôi chuyển nhà rồi bặt tin bặt tích. (My close friend moved house and then disappeared completely.)

Related Idioms

• Như bóng chim tăm cá: (Like the shadow of a bird, the trace of a fish) An idiom describing something or someone that has vanished without leaving a trace, closely related to the concept of "bặt tin."
  • Sau khi công ty phá sản, ông chủ biến mất như bóng chim tăm cá. (After the company went bankrupt, the owner vanished without a trace.)

Học thuật

1. Newsless