Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To form pus, to suppurate, to gather (pus): Refers to the process where an infected wound, boil, or abscess begins to accumulate pus within the swollen area.
   • To become inflamed and fill with pus: Describes the stage of infection where pus starts to collect, indicating a localized infection.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Vết thương đã mưng mủ. (The wound has started to suppurate / gather pus.)
  • Cái nhọt trên tay nó đang mưng. (The boil on his hand is forming pus.)
  • Sau vài ngày, chỗ chích bắt đầu mưng lên. (After a few days, the injection site began to gather pus.)

Advanced Usage

• "mưng mủ": This is the most common and complete collocation, explicitly meaning "to form/gather pus." The verb mưng is almost always associated with this process.
  • Vùng da bị nhiễm trùng đã mưng mủ. (The infected skin area has formed pus.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưng mủ (verb phrase): To suppurate; to form pus. This is the standard term.
• Sưng mủ (verb phrase): To swell and form pus. Emphasizes both the swelling and pus formation.
• Có mủ (verb phrase): To have pus. A simpler, more general description of the state.

Synonyms

• Lên mủ: To rise with pus (a more colloquial synonym).
• Tích mủ: To accumulate pus (a more formal/medical synonym).
• Hóa mủ: To turn into pus (describes the transformation of infected tissue).

Notes on Usage

• Specific Context: The word mưng is used almost exclusively in the context of medicine, health, and bodily infections (e.g., wounds, boils, abscesses, infected insect bites). It is not used for general swelling without infection.
• Grammatical Role: It functions primarily as an intransitive verb. The object (pus) is often implied or explicitly stated with mủ.
• Register: It is a standard term in everyday Vietnamese but carries a clinical, descriptive tone. It is appropriate for both casual conversation and medical descriptions.

1. Turn into an abscess; gather
   • Cái nhọt mưng
     The boil is gathering