sưng vù
Definition
- Adjective:
- Badly swollen; severely puffed up: Describes a part of the body that has become significantly enlarged and inflamed due to injury, infection, or an allergic reaction. It emphasizes a high degree of swelling.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau khi bị ong đốt, tay cô ấy sưng vù lên. (After being stung by a bee, her hand became badly swollen.)
- Anh ấy ngã xe và bị sưng vù mắt cá chân. (He fell off his bike and got a severely swollen ankle.)
- Mặt đứa trẻ sưng vù vì dị ứng. (The child's face was badly puffed up from an allergy.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase "sưng vù" is often used to intensify the basic state of being swollen ("sưng"). It conveys a visual and physical sense of severe, noticeable inflammation.
Variants and Related Words
Sưng (adj): swollen, puffy.
- Vết thương bắt đầu sưng. (The wound began to swell.)
Phù (adj): swollen, edematous (often due to fluid retention, can be medical).
- Bệnh nhân bị phù chân. (The patient has swollen legs.)
Synonyms
- Badly swollen: Inflamed and enlarged to a serious degree.
- Severely puffed up: Distended and enlarged.
- Bloated: Swollen with fluid or gas (can be used in some contexts).
Related Idioms
- While "sưng vù" is itself a descriptive phrase, it is commonly used in the fixed expression "sưng vù mặt mày" (to have a face that is badly swollen).
- Sau trận ẩu đả, hắn ta bị sưng vù mặt mày. (After the fight, his face was badly swollen.)