Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To become noticeably and rapidly thin or emaciated: Describes a person's physical condition where they have lost weight quickly and visibly, often due to illness or hardship. It emphasizes a sudden, stark change in appearance towards gauntness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mới ốm có mấy hôm mà trông rốc hẳn đi. (He has only been ill for a few days but looks completely wasted.)
  • Ốm một trận mà người rốc đi. (After just one bout of illness, his body became terribly emaciated.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "rốc" is often used in a comparative or descriptive sense to highlight a drastic negative change. It is more vivid and colloquial than simply saying "gầy" (thin).

Variants and Related Words

• Rộc: An alternate spelling/variant with the same meaning.
• Rốc hẳn đi: A common phrase meaning "to become completely/visibly emaciated."

Synonyms

• Emaciated: Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food.
• Gaunt: Lean and haggard, especially from suffering, hunger, or age.
• Wasted: Reduced to a very thin or weak state from disease or hunger.

Related Idioms

• While "rốc" itself is typically used descriptively, it is central to phrases like "người rốc đi" (the person becomes emaciated), which functions as a set expression describing rapid physical decline.

1. Waste, be wasted
   • ốm một trận mà người rốc đi
     To be wasted after only a bout of illness