thinh
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Silent, quiet: Describes a state of making no sound or very little sound.
- Mute, mum: Describes a person who is not speaking or is choosing to remain silent.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Căn phòng trở nên hoàn toàn thinh lặng. (The room became completely silent.)
- Mọi người đều thinh khi giáo viên bước vào. (Everyone fell silent when the teacher entered.)
- Anh ấy chỉ làm thinh và không trả lời. (He just stayed mum and did not answer.)
Advanced Usage
"làm thinh": to keep quiet, to remain silent (often deliberately).
- Cô ấy biết sự thật nhưng đã làm thinh. (She knew the truth but kept quiet.)
"lặng thinh": to be utterly silent, to be hushed.
- Rừng cây lặng thinh trong đêm. (The forest was hushed in the night.)
Variants and Related Words
Thinh lặng (adj): silent, quiet, tranquil.
- Một buổi sáng thinh lặng. (A quiet morning.)
Thinh không (phr): silent and empty; still and deserted.
- Con đường thinh không. (The silent, empty road.)
Synonyms
- Silent: making no sound.
- Quiet: with little or no noise.
- Mute: refraining from speech.
- Hushed: very quiet and still.
Related Idioms
Làm thinh như hến: to be as silent as a clam; to refuse to speak.
- Bị chất vấn, nó làm thinh như hến. (When questioned, he clammed up.)
Thinh thỉnh thình thình: (reduplicative) describing a state of deep, profound silence.
- Đêm khuya thinh thỉnh thình thình. (The deep silence of late night.)
adj
- silent, mum