Definition

1. Verb:
   • To recover / to regain: To return to a normal or original state of health, strength, or function after a period of illness, damage, or decline.
   • To restore: To bring something back to its former or normal condition.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sức khỏe của bà ấy đã hồi phục hoàn toàn sau ca phẫu thuật. (Her health has fully recovered after the surgery.)
  • Thị trường chứng khoán đang hồi phục từ đáy. (The stock market is recovering from its low.)
  • Các kỹ sư đang nỗ lực hồi phục dữ liệu bị mất. (The engineers are trying to restore the lost data.)

Advanced Usage

• "hồi phục chức năng": A medical term meaning "rehabilitation" or "functional restoration."
  • Sau tai nạn, anh ấy phải trải qua quá trình hồi phục chức năng. (After the accident, he had to go through a process of functional rehabilitation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phục hồi (v): A near-synonym meaning to restore, rehabilitate, or recover. Often used interchangeably with "hồi phục," though "phục hồi" can sound slightly more formal or technical.
  • Chính phủ có kế hoạch phục hồi khu rừng bị tàn phá. (The government has a plan to restore the devastated forest.)

Synonyms

• Recover: To return to a normal state.
• Recuperate: To recover from illness or exhaustion.
• Restore: To bring back to an original state.
• Revive: To regain life, consciousness, or strength.

Related Idioms

• While "hồi phục" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions, its concept is central to phrases about resilience.
  • Gượng dậy sau cú ngã. (To pick oneself up after a fall.) This implies a process of recovery.

1. Recover
   • Sức khỏe đã hồi phục
     To have recovered one's strength (after an illness)