Definition

Verb: * To catch a disease, to become infected (with an illness): The primary meaning is to contract or acquire a disease, becoming sick due to exposure to a pathogen (like a virus or bacteria). It describes the process of a disease entering and affecting the body.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đã nhiễm bịnh sau chuyến đi công tác. (He caught a disease after his business trip.)
  • Cộng đồng lo ngại về nguy cơ nhiễm bịnh từ nguồn nước ô nhiễm. (The community is concerned about the risk of becoming infected from the polluted water source.)
  • Trẻ em cần được tiêm chủng để phòng tránh nhiễm bịnh. (Children need to be vaccinated to prevent catching diseases.)

Advanced Usage

• "dễ nhiễm bịnh": prone to infection, susceptible to disease.
  • Người có hệ miễn dịch yếu thường dễ nhiễm bịnh hơn. (People with weak immune systems are usually more prone to infection.)
• "nhiễm bịnh từ...": to catch a disease from...
  • Cô ấy nhiễm bịnh từ một người bạn cùng phòng. (She caught the disease from a roommate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhiễm bệnh (verb): This is a more common modern variant with the same meaning (to catch a disease). "Bệnh" is the more frequently used word for "disease/illness" in contemporary Vietnamese.
• Nhiễm trùng (verb): To get an infection. This is more specific, often referring to bacterial or localized infections.
• Lây nhiễm (verb): To spread/infect (often used for the disease's action). It focuses on the transmission process.
• Mắc bệnh (verb): To contract a disease. A common synonym.

Synonyms

• Mắc bệnh: to contract a disease.
• Bị lây bệnh: to be infected with a disease.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nhiễm bịnh vào...: to catch a disease in/at (a specific body part or time).
  • Bệnh nhân nhiễm bịnh vào phổi. (The patient has an infection in the lungs.)

Related Idioms

• Nhiễm bịnh như cơm bữa: (To catch diseases as regularly as meals) - An idiom describing someone who gets sick very frequently.
  • Đứa bé này sức đề kháng kém, nhiễm bịnh như cơm bữa. (This child has poor resistance and gets sick all the time.)

verb

1. to catch a disease