Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be silent: To stop making noise or speaking; to become quiet.
   • To give no answer: To choose not to speak or respond, often deliberately.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi người hãy nín lặng một phút để tưởng niệm. (Everyone, please be silent for a minute of remembrance.)
  • Khi bị chất vấn, anh ấy chỉ nín lặng. (When questioned, he just remained silent / gave no answer.)
  • Đứa trẻ nín lặng nghe lời mẹ. (The child fell silent at his mother's word.)

Advanced Usage

• "nín lặng chịu đựng": to suffer in silence.
  • Bà ấy nín lặng chịu đựng mọi nỗi đau. (She suffered all the pain in silence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Im lặng (v, adj): to be silent; silent. This is a more general and common synonym.

  • Căn phòng im lặng một cách lạ thường. (The room was unusually silent.)

• Lặng thinh (v): to be completely silent, often implying a deeper or more profound silence.

  • Cả hội trường lặng thinh. (The entire hall fell completely silent.)

Synonyms

• Be quiet: To make little or no sound.
• Keep silent: To refrain from speaking.
• Hold one's tongue: To stop oneself from speaking.

Related Idioms

• Nín lặng như tờ: To be as silent as a sheet of paper (i.e., completely silent).

  • Sau tin đó, cả văn phòng nín lặng như tờ. (After that news, the whole office was as silent as a sheet of paper.)

• Nín lặng là vàng: Silence is golden.

  • Trong tình huống đó, nín lặng là vàng. (In that situation, silence is golden.)

1. Be silent, give no answer