tắt tiếng
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To lose one's voice: To become unable to speak, or to speak only in a whisper, typically due to illness, overuse, or emotional shock.
- To be muted / to have the sound turned off: For a device, such as a television, phone, or speaker, to have its audio output silenced or disabled.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Cô ấy bị viêm họng nặng và đã tắt tiếng. (She had a severe sore throat and lost her voice.)
- Xin hãy tắt tiếng điện thoại trong rạp chiếu phim. (Please mute your phone in the movie theater.)
- Sau khi nghe tin đó, anh ấy sửng sốt tắt tiếng. (After hearing that news, he was shocked into silence.)
Advanced Usage
- "tắt tiếng người": This emphasizes the human aspect, meaning to be speechless, often from strong emotion.
- Cô gái tắt tiếng người vì xúc động. (The girl was speechless with emotion.)
Variants and Related Words
Tắt máy (v): to turn off (a machine, engine, device).
- Anh ấy tắt máy tính và đi ngủ. (He turned off the computer and went to sleep.)
Tắt đèn (v): to turn off the light.
- Trước khi ra ngoài, nhớ tắt đèn. (Remember to turn off the lights before going out.)
Synonyms
- Lose one's voice: To become voiceless.
- Mute: To silence the sound.
- Be speechless: To be temporarily unable to speak due to strong feeling.
Related Idioms
Câm như hến: (Simile) To be as silent as a clam; meaning completely mute or refusing to speak.
- Bị hỏi đến, nó chỉ câm như hến. (When questioned, he remained as silent as a clam.)
Ngậm hột thị: (Idiom) To hold a plum seed in one's mouth; meaning to be forced to keep silent or to hold one's tongue.
- Biết mình sai, nó đành ngậm hột thị. (Knowing he was wrong, he had to hold his tongue.)