Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bloated, swollen, puffy: Describes a part of the body, especially the face or limbs, that appears enlarged, puffed up, or swollen, often due to fluid retention (oedema) or other causes.
   • Puffed up, distended: Can describe something that is inflated or swollen beyond its normal size.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi khóc, mắt cô ấy trông rất phĩnh. (After crying, her eyes looked very puffy.)
  • Bệnh nhân có đôi chân phĩnh lên vì phù nề. (The patient has swollen legs due to oedema.)
  • Cái túi nilon bị phĩnh ra vì chứa đầy không khí. (The plastic bag became distended because it was full of air.)

Advanced Usage

• "phình phĩnh" (reduplicative form, meaning slightly diminished): Slightly bloated, a little puffy.
  • Bé thức dậy với đôi má phình phĩnh. (The baby woke up with slightly puffy cheeks.)
  • Anh ấy uống nhiều bia nên bụng phình phĩnh. (He drank a lot of beer so his stomach is a little bloated.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phình (verb/adjective): To swell, to bulge; swollen. Often used interchangeably or in compound with .
  • Bong bóng phình to lên. (The balloon swelled up.)
• Phù (noun/adjective): Oedema, dropsy; swollen. Refers more specifically to medical swelling from fluid accumulation.
  • Chân bị phù. (The leg has oedema.)
• Sưng (adjective): Swollen (often from injury or inflammation).
  • Mắt sưng húp. (A badly swollen eye.)

Synonyms

• Sưng phồng: Swollen and puffy.
• Căng phồng: Inflated, tautly swollen.
• Trương lên: To become swollen or distended.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Phĩnh mặt: To have a puffy/swollen face.
  • Thiếu ngủ khiến anh ấy phĩnh mặt. (Lack of sleep makes his face puffy.)
• Phĩnh bụng: To have a bloated stomach.
  • Ăn quá no dễ bị phĩnh bụng. (Eating too much can easily cause a bloated stomach.)

1. Bloated, oedematous
   • Phình phĩnh (láy, ý giảm)
     A little bloated, a little oedematous
   • Mặt phình phĩnh
     A slightly bloated face