Definition

1. Verb (Intransitive):
   • To recover, to convalesce, to get well again: To return to one's normal state of health and strength after an illness, injury, or medical treatment. It emphasizes the process of regaining health and returning to a stable, normal condition.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bệnh nhân đã bình phục hoàn toàn và được xuất viện. (The patient has recovered completely and was discharged from the hospital.)
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, phải mất vài tháng ông ấy mới bình phục. (After the serious illness, it took him a few months to recover.)
  • Sức khỏe của cô ấy vẫn chưa bình phục hẳn. (Her health has not fully recovered yet.)

Advanced Usage

• The word bình phục is often used in formal or medical contexts. It carries a nuance of a complete or satisfactory return to a previous, healthy state, not just a temporary improvement.
• It is commonly used with subjects related to health and the body, such as (health), (patient), or (sick person).

Variants and Related Words

• Hồi phục (v): to recover, to recuperate. This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with , though can sometimes imply a more active process of restoration.
• Phục hồi (v): to restore, to rehabilitate. This is often used for recovering abilities, functions, or systems, not just health (e.g., phục hồi chức năng - physical rehabilitation).

Synonyms

• Recover: To return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
• Convalesce: To regain health and strength gradually after illness or medical treatment.
• Recuperate: To recover from illness or exertion.
• Get better / Get well: Less formal terms for recovering health.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ăn cho chóng bình phục: To eat to recover quickly. This phrase is used to encourage someone who is ill to eat nutritious food to aid their recovery.
  • Mẹ nấu cháo gà, con cố ăn cho chóng bình phục. (I made chicken porridge; try to eat it so you recover quickly.)

verb

1. To be well again, to regain health, to recover
   • người ốm đã bình phục
     the sick person has regained health, the sick person has recovered
   • sức khỏe chưa bình phục
     not to have recovered