im bặt

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Đứa bé khóc một lúc rồi im bặt.

Definition

Adjective:
- Completely silent, abruptly quieted: Describes a state where all sound, especially crying or shouting, stops suddenly and completely.
- Utterly hushed: Indicates a total cessation of noise or voice, often after a period of loud activity.

Usage Examples

Adjective:
- Đứa bé khóc một hồi rồi im bặt. (The child cried for a while and then stopped abruptly.)
- Sau tiếng sét, cả khu rừng im bặt. (After the thunderclap, the entire forest fell completely silent.)
- Mọi lời tranh cãi im bặt khi giáo viên bước vào. (All arguments fell silent when the teacher entered.)

Advanced Usage

"im bặt tiếng": A reinforcing phrase meaning "completely silent/vocaless".
- Người diễn thuyết im bặt tiếng trước câu hỏi hóc búa. (The speaker fell completely silent before the tough question.)
Used to describe an abrupt end to communication or sound.
- Cuộc điện thoại đột ngột im bặt. (The phone call went dead abruptly.)

Variants and Related Words

Im lặng (adj): Silent, quiet (can be a general or voluntary state).
- Phòng họp im lặng. (The meeting room is quiet.)
Im thin thít (adj): Very quiet, not making a peep (often used for people keeping deliberately quiet).
- Nó ngồi im thin thít trong góc. (He sat very quietly in the corner.)
Bặt (verb, literary): To cease, to stop, to disappear (often used for sounds or news).
- Tin tức bặt vô âm tín. (The news ceased without a trace.)

Synonyms

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Làm im bặt: To silence (someone/something).
- Lời tuyên bố làm im bặt mọi chỉ trích. (The statement silenced all criticism.)

Related Idioms

Im như thóc: As silent as unhusked rice (idiom meaning very quiet).
- Cả lớp im như thóc. (The whole class was dead silent.)
Im hơi lặng tiếng: To be completely silent and inactive (idiom).
- Sau scandal, anh ta im hơi lặng tiếng. (After the scandal, he lay low and was completely silent.)

Đứa bé khóc một lúc rồi im bặt.