Definition

Động từ (Verb): - To fall ill; to become sick: To enter into a state of sickness or to contract a disease. This verb describes the onset or beginning of an illness, often implying a sudden or serious condition. - To be taken ill: A more formal or literary way to state that someone has been struck by an illness.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông cụ đột nhiên lâm bệnh nặng. (The old man suddenly fell seriously ill.)
  • Sau chuyến đi, cô ấy lâm bệnh và phải nghỉ làm. (After the trip, she was taken ill and had to take leave from work.)
  • Nhà vua lâm bệnh, triều đình rất lo lắng. (The king fell ill, and the court was very worried.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lâm bệnh" is often used in written, formal, or literary contexts (e.g., literature, news, official reports) rather than in casual everyday conversation. In daily speech, words like "bị ốm" or "bị bệnh" are more common.
• It can be used with modifiers to specify the nature of the illness (e.g., – to fall gravely ill, – to be stricken with a critical illness).

Variants and Related Words

• Phát bệnh (v): To have an outbreak of a disease; for symptoms to manifest. It emphasizes the active appearance or flare-up of an illness.
  • Anh ta phát bệnh sau khi tiếp xúc với nguồn lây. (He developed the disease after contact with the source of infection.)
• Mắc bệnh (v): To contract a disease; to be afflicted with an illness. This is a more general and commonly used term than .
  • Bệnh nhân mắc bệnh từ năm ngoái. (The patient contracted the disease last year.)

Synonyms

• Fall ill: To become sick.
• Be taken ill: To be struck by sickness.
• Contract a disease: To acquire an illness through infection or other means.
• Succumb to illness: A more formal phrase implying yielding to sickness.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lâm bệnh nan y: To be afflicted with an incurable disease.
  • Căn bệnh ung thư khiến bà lâm bệnh nan y. (The cancer caused her to be afflicted with an incurable disease.)
• Lâm trọng bệnh: To fall seriously/severely ill.
  • Tin tức ông ấy lâm trọng bệnh khiến mọi người bàng hoàng. (The news that he had fallen seriously ill shocked everyone.)

verb

1. to fall ill; to be taken ill