đồng vọng
Definition
Noun:
- Echo: A sound that is reflected off a surface and heard again, often from a distance. This is the core meaning, describing the acoustic phenomenon.
- Distant resonance: A sound, often a voice or call, that travels from afar and is heard faintly or reverberates.
Verb (literary, archaic):
- To echo / to resound from afar: To produce a sound that reverberates or is heard from a distance. This usage is now rare in everyday modern Vietnamese and is found in poetic or classical contexts.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Từ trong hang sâu, chúng tôi nghe thấy tiếng đồng vọng. (From deep inside the cave, we heard the echo.)
- Giữa núi rừng vắng lặng, tiếng chim là đồng vọng duy nhất. (In the silent mountains, the bird's call was the only distant resonance.)
Verb (archaic):
- Tiếng chuông chùa đồng vọng khắp thung lũng. (The temple bell echoed throughout the valley.)
Advanced Usage
- Used metaphorically: "Đồng vọng" is often used metaphorically to describe a feeling, memory, or idea that seems to resonate or come back from the past or from a distant place.
- Lời hứa năm xưa giờ chỉ còn là đồng vọng. (The promise from long ago is now just an echo.)
- Bài thơ ấy là tiếng đồng vọng từ một thời đã qua. (That poem is a resonance from a bygone era.)
Variants and Related Words
Vọng lại (v): to echo back, to reverberate.
- Tiếng hét vọng lại từ vách đá. (The scream echoed back from the cliff face.)
Âm vang (n): resonance, reverberation (often for sound or figurative impact).
- Âm vang của bài diễn văn còn kéo dài. (The resonance of the speech lingered.)
Synonyms
- Echo: (noun) a reflected sound.
- Reverberation: (noun) a continuing sound caused by reflection.
- Resonance: (noun) the quality of being deep, full, and reverberating.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Tiếng đồng vọng: This common phrase directly uses the noun and means "the echo" or "the resonating sound," often used in titles or poetic language.
- Tôi lắng nghe tiếng đồng vọng của ký ức. (I listen to the echo of memory.)