杳无音讯

杳無音訊

yǎowúyīnxùn

idiom #36,209

Meanings

1 to have no news whatever
2 (variant of 杳无音信) completely out of contact

Characters

distant; vanished

Examples

那位探险家进入沙漠后就杳无音讯。

Nà wèi tànxiǎnjiā jìnrù shāmò hòu jiù yǎowúyīnxùn.

After the explorer entered the desert, no news of him was heard again.

他去南极考察，三个月杳无音讯。

Tā qù Nánjí kǎochá, sān ge yuè yǎowúyīnxùn.

He went to Antarctica for research, and there has been no word from him for three months.

发出的请求杳无音讯，让人担心。

Fāchū de qǐngqiú yǎowúyīnxùn, ràng rén dānxīn.

The request sent out has gone completely unanswered — it's worrying.

Tips

usage

A variant of the more common 杳无音信 — 音讯 and 音信 are near-synonyms ('news / word'), though 音讯 slightly emphasizes 'information/report.' In practice the two forms are interchangeable.

mistakes

讯 vs 信: 讯 has the 讠 speech radical + 卂 (speed) → news/report. 信 has 亻 person + 言 → trust / letter. Both work here; 杳无音信 is older and more common, 杳无音讯 feels slightly more modern/journalistic.

Stroke Order

杳 yǎo

无 wú

音 yīn

讯 xùn