Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Exhausted, extremely tired: Describes a state of being completely worn out, to the point of feeling faint or having no energy left.
   • Limp, languid: Describes a physical state of being so tired that one's body feels weak and slack.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tôi cảm thấy nhoài người sau chuyến đi dài. (I feel exhausted after the long trip.)
  • Cậu ấy làm việc liên tục 12 tiếng và giờ đã nhoài ra. (He worked continuously for 12 hours and is now dead tired.)
  • Đội bóng trông nhoài hẳn đi trong hiệp hai. (The team looked completely spent in the second half.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhoài người": A common collocation meaning "to feel completely exhausted in one's body."
  • Công việc đồng áng khiến bác nông dân nhoài người mỗi chiều. (Farm work leaves the farmer dead tired every evening.)
• "nhoài ra": An informal expression emphasizing the state of being utterly worn out, often implying a physical collapse or slump.
  • Về đến nhà, anh ta nhoài ra ghế, không buồn nhúc nhích. (Upon getting home, he slumped into the chair, not wanting to move.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mệt nhoài (Adj phrase): An intensified form meaning "utterly exhausted." While "mệt" means tired, "mệt nhoài" emphasizes extreme fatigue.
  • Sau cuộc chạy marathon, các vận động viên mệt nhoài. (After the marathon, the athletes were utterly exhausted.)
• Rã rời (Adj): A near-synonym meaning "aching all over" or "completely worn out," often focusing on muscular fatigue.
• Kiệt sức (Adj): Means "exhausted" or "drained of strength," with a stronger implication of having used up all one's energy reserves.

Synonyms

• Mệt lả (Adj): To be faint with tiredness.
• Mệt rũ rượi (Adj phrase): To be dog-tired, extremely weary.
• Đuối sức (Adj): To be weakened, to have no strength left.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Làm đến nhoài người: To work until one is completely exhausted.
  • Ông ấy làm đến nhoài người để nuôi gia đình. (He works himself to exhaustion to support his family.)
• Nhoài người vì...: To be exhausted because of...
  • Cô ấy nhoài người vì lo lắng. (She is worn out from worry.)

1. Be dead tired, be faint with exhaustion
   • Nhoài người sau khi đi bộ bốn mươi cây số
     To feel dead tired after walking forty kilometres