siễn

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suffering from asthma: Describes a person who has or is experiencing asthma, a chronic respiratory condition characterized by difficulty breathing, wheezing, and coughing.
   • Asthmatic: Pertaining to or characteristic of asthma.

Usage

• The word "siễn" is a phonetic variant of the more standard word "suyễn". It is used with the same meaning but is less common in modern usage.
• It functions as an adjective to describe a person's health condition.
• Example structure: Subject + "bị" (to suffer from) + "siễn".

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy bị siễn từ nhỏ. (He has suffered from asthma since childhood.)
  • Trời lạnh làm bệnh siễn của cô ấy nặng hơn. (The cold weather worsened her asthma.)
  • Đó là một cơn siễn nặng. (That was a severe asthma attack.)

Advanced Usage

• "lên cơn siễn": to have an asthma attack.
  • Bé trai đột nhiên lên cơn siễn. (The boy suddenly had an asthma attack.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suyễn (Standard form): Asthma; asthmatic. This is the more common and standard spelling and pronunciation.
  • Bệnh suyễn (asthma)
  • Người bệnh suyễn (asthmatic patient)

Synonyms

• Hen: Another, more clinical, term for asthma.
  • Bệnh hen (asthma)
• Khó thở: Shortness of breath (describes a symptom, not the condition itself).

Học thuật

1. như suyễn Suffer from asthma