tin vặt
Definition
- Noun:
- Minor news / Snippets: Short, often light or miscellaneous news items, typically about everyday events, local happenings, or minor updates. They are not major headlines.
- News in brief / Briefs: A section in a newspaper, magazine, or website dedicated to publishing these concise, varied pieces of information.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tôi thích đọc mục tin vặt vào buổi sáng. (I like reading the news in brief section in the morning.)
- Tờ báo này có nhiều tin vặt thú vị về đời sống thành phố. (This newspaper has many interesting snippets about city life.)
- Đó chỉ là một tin vặt, không phải tin trang nhất. (That's just a minor news item, not front-page news.)
Advanced Usage
- "mục tin vặt": the news briefs column/section.
- Anh ấy là phóng viên phụ trách mục tin vặt. (He is a reporter in charge of the news briefs column.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tin ngắn (n): a short news piece, similar in length and scope to a .
- Echo (n): a direct loanword from French (), sometimes used in Vietnamese journalistic context to refer to a brief, often insider or gossipy news item.
Synonyms
- Snippets: small pieces of news or information.
- Briefs: short, concise news reports.
- Minor news items: news stories of secondary importance.
Related Terms
- Phóng sự (n): feature article or reportage; a longer, in-depth journalistic piece, which contrasts with the brevity of a .
- Tin chính (n): main news; the major headlines, as opposed to minor news.