Definition

1. Verb:
   • To print; to strike off: To produce multiple copies by pressing paper (or fabric) against a pre-existing plate of text or images.
   • To imprint; to engrave: To be retained in the mind by leaving a lasting, indelible image or impression.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quyển sách đang in. (The book is now printing.)
  • Khắc bản in. (To engrave a printing plate.)
  • Vải in hoa. (Fabric printed with flowers.)
  • Hình ảnh in sâu trong trí. (The image is deeply imprinted in the mind.)
  • Nhớ như in. (To remember something as clearly as if it were printed; to remember vividly.)

Advanced Usage

• "In ảnh": To print photographs or pictures.
  • Cửa hàng này chuyên in ảnh. (This shop specializes in photo printing.)
• "Nhà in": Printing house or press.
  • Bản thảo đã được gửi đến nhà in. (The manuscript has been sent to the printing house.)

Variants and Related Words

• In ấn (v/n): The general activity or industry of printing.
  • Công nghệ in ấn hiện đại. (Modern printing technology.)
• Ấn (v): To press, stamp, or print. Often used in compounds or formal contexts related to printing.
• In dấu (v): To leave a mark or imprint (literal or figurative).
  • Sự kiện đó in dấu trong lịch sử. (That event left its mark on history.)

Synonyms

• In ra: To print out.
• Tái bản: To reprint.
• Khắc: To engrave, to carve (emphasizing the creation of the plate).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• In lại: To reprint.
  • Cuốn sách bán chạy nên phải in lại nhiều lần. (The book sold well so it had to be reprinted many times.)
• In thử: To do a test print or proof.
  • Trước khi in hàng loạt, cần in thử. (Before mass printing, a test print is needed.)

Related Idioms

• Nhớ như in: An idiom meaning "to remember something perfectly/vividly," comparing memory to a clear printed image.
  • Tôi vẫn nhớ như in khuôn mặt anh ấy. (I still remember his face as clearly as if it were printed.)
• In hằn: To be deeply etched or imprinted (often for negative memories or physical marks).
  • Nỗi đau in hằn trong ký ức. (The pain is etched in memory.)

verb

1. to print; to strike off
   • quyển sách đang in
     the book is now printing to imprint; to grave