Definition

1. Verb:
   • To burst (with pus), to open (and discharge pus): "vỡ mủ" specifically describes the action of a boil, abscess, or pimple rupturing and releasing pus after a period of maturation. It is a medical/descriptive term for this natural process.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cái mụn trên lưng cuối cùng cũng vỡ mủ. (The pimple on my back finally burst.)
  • Khi nhọt vỡ mủ, cần vệ sinh cẩn thận để tránh nhiễm trùng. (When a boil opens and discharges pus, it needs to be cleaned carefully to avoid infection.)
  • Vết thương đã vỡ mủ, báo hiệu tình trạng viêm. (The wound has suppurated, indicating an inflammatory condition.)

Advanced Usage

• "sắp vỡ mủ": about to burst/open (with pus).
  • Cái nhọt trông như sắp vỡ mủ. (The boil looks like it's about to burst.)
• "đã vỡ mủ": has already burst/opened (with pus).
  • Sau khi mụn đã vỡ mủ, cơn đau sẽ giảm. (After the pimple has burst, the pain will subside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưng mủ (verb): to form pus, to suppurate (the stage before bursting).
  • Vết cắt đang mưng mủ. (The cut is forming pus.)
• Chảy mủ (verb): to discharge/ooze pus (the result after bursting).
  • Vết loét đang chảy mủ. (The ulcer is discharging pus.)
• Có mủ (verb phrase): to contain/have pus.
  • Ổ áp-xe có mủ bên trong. (The abscess contains pus inside.)

Synonyms

• Vỡ (verb): to burst, to break open (a more general term, not specific to pus).
• Rò mủ (verb): to drain pus (often implies a slower, more continuous discharge, sometimes through a fistula).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• (No common idioms directly use "vỡ mủ". It is a literal medical/descriptive term.)

verb

1. to burst, to open