mỏi
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Definition
Adjective:
- Weary, tired: A physical state of feeling a need to rest due to sustained effort or activity, often applied to specific body parts.
- Fatigued, aching: Describing a sensation of soreness or dull pain in muscles or limbs after overuse.
Adjective (extended usage):
- Indisposed, under the weather: A general feeling of physical discomfort or lassitude, often due to weather or the onset of illness.
- Worn out (technical): In engineering contexts, relating to material fatigue.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tôi cảm thấy mỏi lưng. (I feel an ache in my back.)
- Làm việc cả ngày khiến tôi mỏi nhừ. (Working all day made me utterly exhausted.)
- Trời nồm làm người mỏi mệt. (The humid weather makes one feel indisposed.)
Advanced Usage
"mỏi mắt": eye strain.
- Nhìn màn hình cả ngày dễ bị mỏi mắt. (Looking at a screen all day easily causes eye strain.)
"mỏi gối chồn chân": an idiom meaning to have tired legs from standing or walking for a long time.
- Đứng chờ mỏi gối chồn chân. (I waited until my legs were weary.)
Variants and Related Words
Mệt mỏi (adj): weary, fatigued (often more general, combining tiredness and mental fatigue).
- Cô ấy trông rất mệt mỏi. (She looks very weary.)
Nhức mỏi (adj): aching and tired.
- Cảm giác nhức mỏi cơ bắp. (A feeling of muscle ache.)
Synonyms
- Tired: in need of rest.
- Weary: feeling or showing tiredness.
- Aching: suffering from a continuous dull pain.
- Fatigued: extreme tiredness.
Related Idioms
Mỏi tay: tired arms/hands (from repetitive work).
- Viết lá thư dài mỏi tay. (Writing a long letter makes one's hand tired.)
Mỏi miệng: tired mouth (from talking too much).
- Giải thích mãi mà mỏi miệng. (Explaining repeatedly is tiring for the mouth.)
- Weary, tired
- Đi mười cây số đã thấy mỏi chânTo feel weary in one's legs after walking ten kilometres
- Sickening for some illness, indisposed
- Hôm nay trời ẩm quá, người thấy mỏi nhừToy is very wet, so I am sickening for something