cúm
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Definition
- Noun:
- Influenza; the flu: An infectious illness caused by a virus, characterized by symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, and body aches. It is more severe than the common cold.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy nghỉ làm vì bị cúm. (He is off work because he has the flu.)
- Tiêm vắc-xin để phòng ngừa bệnh cúm. (Get a vaccine to prevent influenza.)
- Dịch cúm đang lây lan nhanh trong cộng đồng. (The flu epidemic is spreading quickly in the community.)
Advanced Usage
"cúm A": Influenza A (a common and often more severe type of flu virus).
- Bé được chẩn đoán nhiễm cúm A. (The child was diagnosed with Influenza A.)
"cúm mùa": Seasonal flu.
- Cúm mùa thường xuất hiện vào mùa đông. (Seasonal flu usually appears in winter.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cảm cúm (n): A common term for the flu, often blending "cold" (cảm) and "flu" (cúm).
- Cô ấy có triệu chứng của cảm cúm. (She has symptoms of the flu.)
Synonyms
- Flu: The common short form for influenza.
- Influenza: The formal medical term for the disease.
Related Idioms
- Tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa: (Vietnamese idiom meaning "out of the frying pan and into the fire," sometimes used humorously in contexts of avoiding one illness only to catch another, like the flu).
- Anh ấy vừa khỏi cảm lại bị cúm, đúng là tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa. (He just recovered from a cold and caught the flu, it's like out of the frying pan and into the fire.)
noun
- (Med) Influenza