khỏe
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Definition
Adjective:
- Strong; robust: Having great physical power or muscular strength.
- Healthy; in good health: Being free from illness or injury; possessing good physical condition.
- Well; recovered: Returned to a state of good health after being ill.
Adverb:
- Strongly; vigorously: Doing something with great force, intensity, or in large amounts.
- Very; much: Used to emphasize the degree of an action, often related to capacity or endurance.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Anh ta khỏe lắm, có thể cử được 120 kilo. (He is very strong, he can lift a 120 kilo weight.)
- Ông cụ bảy mươi tuổi rồi mà còn khỏe lắm. (The old gentleman is seventy but very healthy.)
- Ốm hai tuần nay đã khỏe? (Are you well again after two weeks of illness?)
Adverb:
- Ăn khỏe làm khỏe. (To eat heartily and work hard.)
- Nó chạy khỏe lắm. (He runs very fast / with great stamina.)
Advanced Usage
"khỏe re": An emphatic, colloquial form meaning "very well" or "perfectly fine," often expressing relief or a carefree state.
- Mọi việc đã xong, tôi khỏe re! (Everything is done, I'm perfectly fine!)
"khỏe người": Refers specifically to being physically strong or robust.
- Làm việc đồng áng giúp ông ấy khỏe người. (Farm work helps him stay physically strong.)
Variants and Related Words
Mạnh khỏe (adj): Healthy and strong; the most common greeting for health.
- Chúc bạn luôn mạnh khỏe. (Wishing you always healthy and strong.)
Khỏi (v): To recover from an illness. (Note: "khỏi" is a verb, while "khỏe" is primarily an adjective/adverb).
- Tôi đã khỏi bệnh cảm. (I have recovered from the cold.)
Synonyms
- Strong: Robust, powerful, sturdy.
- Healthy: Hale, hearty, fit, well.
- Vigorously: Heartily, powerfully, intensely.
Related Idioms
"Khỏe như vâm": As strong as an elephant; meaning extremely strong and healthy.
- Cụ già tám mươi mà vẫn khỏe như vâm. (The old man is eighty but still as strong as an ox.)
"Ăn được ngủ được là tiên": (Indirectly related) A saying that "to be able to eat and sleep well is to be like an immortal," emphasizing the value of good health, which is the state of being "khỏe."
- Không cần giàu sang, chỉ cần khỏe mạnh, ăn được ngủ được là tiên. (You don't need riches, just to be healthy; to eat and sleep well is heavenly.)
- Strong ; healthy
- Anh ta khỏe lắm, Có thể cử được 120 kiloHe is very strong, he can lift a 120 kilo weight
- Ông cụ bảy mươi tuổi rồi mà còn khỏe lắmThe old gentleman is seventy but very healthy; the old is seventy but still hale and hearty. well; well again
- Anh có khỏe khôngAre you well
- ốm hai tuần nay đã khoe?To be well again after two weeks of illness
- Able to stand
- khỏe chịu rétTo be able to stand the cold
- Big; hard;much
- Ăn khỏe làm khỏeTo eat much and do much work, to be a big eater and hard worker