Definition

Noun: * Asthma: A chronic medical condition that affects the airways of the lungs, causing episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy bị suyễn từ nhỏ. (He has had asthma since childhood.)
  • Cơn suyễn có thể được kích hoạt bởi dị ứng. (An asthma attack can be triggered by allergies.)
  • Bác sĩ kê đơn thuốc hít để kiểm soát bệnh suyễn. (The doctor prescribed an inhaler to control asthma.)

Advanced Usage

• "lên cơn suyễn": to have an asthma attack.
  • Trời lạnh khiến bà tôi dễ lên cơn suyễn. (The cold weather makes my grandmother prone to having asthma attacks.)
• "bệnh suyễn": asthma (disease). This is a common collocation to specify it as an illness.
  • Bệnh suyễn là một bệnh mãn tính về đường hô hấp. (Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hen (suyễn): Often used together as "hen suyễn", which is the most common and complete term for asthma in modern Vietnamese.
  • Hen suyễn (n): Asthma.
• Suyễn đàm: A traditional medicine term referring to asthma with profuse phlegm.
• Asthmatique (adj, from French): Asthmatic. This loanword is sometimes used in a medical context.

Synonyms

• Hen: The shorter, more colloquial synonym, almost always paired with "suyễn" as "hen suyễn".
• Asthma (English loanword): Used in formal or medical contexts.

Related Phrases

• Bị suyễn: to have asthma.
  • Đứa trẻ đó bị suyễn. (That child has asthma.)
• Thuốc chữa suyễn: asthma medication.
• Bệnh nhân suyễn: asthma patient.

noun

1. asthma