Definition

Adjective: - Very thin; emaciated; scrawny: Describes a person or animal who is extremely lean, often to the point of being bony or undernourished, typically due to illness or poor health.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mới ốm dậy người ròm quá. (He just recovered from an illness and is very thin.)
  • Đứa trẻ đó trông gầy ròm. (That child looks very scrawny.)

Advanced Usage

• "gầy ròm": A common collocation emphasizing extreme thinness.
  • Nó ăn rất ít nên người gầy ròm. (He eats very little, so he is very skinny.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gầy (adj): Thin, slim. (A more general and less intense term than "ròm").
• Còm (adj): Often used in "gầy còm," meaning thin and weak.

Synonyms

• Emaciated: Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food.
• Gaunt: Lean and haggard, especially from hunger, illness, or worry.
• Scrawny: Unattractively thin and bony.

Related Idioms

• Gầy như que củi: As thin as a stick. (An idiom describing extreme thinness).
  • Sau trận bệnh, anh ta gầy như que củi. (After the illness, he became as thin as a stick.)

1. Very thin
   • Mới ốm dậy người ròm quá
     To have just recovered from an illness and be very thin
   • Gầy ròm
     To be very thin and lean