trọng bệnh
Definition
- Adjective:
- Critically ill; gravely ill; seriously sick: Describes a person who is suffering from a severe, dangerous, or life-threatening illness. It indicates a state of health that is much worse than a normal sickness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy đang phải nằm viện vì trọng bệnh. (He is hospitalized because he is critically ill.)
- Bệnh nhân trong tình trạng trọng bệnh cần được chăm sóc đặc biệt. (Patients in a gravely ill condition require special care.)
- Tin ông cụ lâm trọng bệnh khiến cả gia đình lo lắng. (The news that the old man fell seriously ill worried the whole family.)
Advanced Usage
- "lâm trọng bệnh": to fall critically ill; to become gravely sick. This is a common collocation.
- Sau cơn đột quỵ, bà ấy đã lâm trọng bệnh. (After the stroke, she fell critically ill.)
Variants and Related Words
Bệnh nặng (n/phr): serious illness; severe sickness. A more common, modern synonym.
- Anh ấy nghỉ làm vì bệnh nặng. (He is off work due to a serious illness.)
Nguy kịch (adj): in critical condition (often used in medical contexts, sometimes more urgent than "trọng bệnh").
- Tình trạng bệnh nhân hiện nay rất nguy kịch. (The patient's condition is now very critical.)
Synonyms
- Critically ill: In a very serious health condition.
- Gravely ill: Very seriously sick.
- Seriously sick: Having a severe illness.
Notes on Usage
- "Trọng bệnh" is considered somewhat formal or literary in modern Vietnamese. In everyday conversation, "bệnh nặng" is more frequently used.
- It primarily functions as an adjective describing the state of the person, not the disease itself. The disease would be called a "căn bệnh hiểm nghèo" (a fatal/malignant disease) or "bệnh nặng".