Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.)

1. Weary, tired
   • Đi mười cây số đã thấy mỏi chân
     To feel weary in one's legs after walking ten kilometres
2. Sickening for some illness, indisposed
   • Hôm nay trời ẩm quá, người thấy mỏi nhừ
     Toy is very wet, so I am sickening for something