Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Missing: Describes a person or thing whose location is unknown and who cannot be found after a search or after a period of time has passed.
   • Disappeared: Describes a person who has vanished, often under unclear or suspicious circumstances.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cậu bé đó đã mất tích được ba ngày. (That boy has been missing for three days.)
  • Chiếc máy bay mất tích trên biển. (The airplane went missing over the sea.)
  • Nhà chức trách đang tìm kiếm người đàn ông mất tích. (The authorities are searching for the missing man.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bị/Được coi là mất tích": To be considered missing, to be declared missing.
  • Anh ấy đã được coi là mất tích sau trận động đất. (He was declared missing after the earthquake.)
• "Vụ mất tích": A disappearance case.
  • Cảnh sát đang điều tra vụ mất tích bí ẩn. (The police are investigating the mysterious disappearance case.)

Variants and Related Words

• Biến mất (Verb): To vanish, to disappear (focuses more on the act of vanishing).
  • Chiếc tàu biến mất trong sương mù. (The ship vanished in the fog.)
• Thất lạc (Verb/Adjective): To lose, to be lost (often used for objects, not typically for people under suspicious circumstances).
  • Tôi đã thất lạc chìa khóa. (I lost my keys.)

Synonyms

• Không tìm thấy: Not found.
• Biệt tích: Missing in action (MIA), disappeared (often used in military or formal contexts).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Làm mất tích (Verb phrase): To cause to disappear, to make something/someone go missing.
  • Kẻ tội phạm đã cố gắng làm mất tích bằng chứng. (The criminal tried to make the evidence disappear.)

Related Idioms

• Mất tăm mất tích: To vanish without a trace (an idiom emphasizing a complete disappearance).
  • Sau khi ra đi, anh ta mất tăm mất tích. (After leaving, he vanished without a trace.)

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