truyền một tin

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To spread a piece of news: To communicate or pass on information, typically from one person or group to another, causing it to become more widely known.
   • To convey an order (archaic): To transmit or pass down a command or instruction from a person in authority.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Mọi người đang truyền một tin đồn rất lạ. (Everyone is spreading a very strange rumor.)
  • Ngài ấy truyền một tin cho toàn thể nhân viên. (He conveyed a message to all the staff.)
  • (Archaic) Quan truyền một tin cho gọi lí trưởng vào. (The mandarin gave the order to summon the village chief in.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can imply the method of transmission, such as orally, in writing, or through media.
  • Họ dùng loa để truyền một tin khẩn cấp. (They used a loudspeaker to broadcast an urgent piece of news.)

Variants and Related Words

• Truyền tin (v): to communicate information, to signal.

  • Bộ đàm dùng để truyền tin. (The walkie-talkie is used to relay messages.)

• Loan tin (v): to circulate news.

  • Mạng xã hội loan tin rất nhanh. (Social media circulates news very quickly.)

Synonyms

• Disseminate a message: To spread information widely.
• Relay a piece of news: To receive and pass on information.
• Issue an order (archaic): To give a formal command.

Related Idioms

• Truyền tai nhau: to spread by word of mouth.
  • Mọi người truyền tai nhau tin đó. (People are spreading that news by word of mouth.)