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Một người đàn ông bị vựng trên vỉa hè.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fainting spell; a swoon; a state of temporary unconsciousness or dizziness. This is the primary and classical literary meaning, describing a sudden loss of consciousness or a dizzy spell.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy bị một cơn vựng. (She suffered a fainting spell.)
  • Sau cơn vựng, anh ấy cảm thấy rất yếu. (After the swoon, he felt very weak.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is considered literary and archaic in modern Vietnamese. It is rarely used in everyday conversation and is most commonly encountered in classical poetry or older literature to describe a state of fainting, often due to strong emotion, shock, or physical weakness.

Variants and Related Words

• Choáng váng (adj/verb): to feel dizzy, lightheaded. This is the modern, common term for feeling faint.
  • Tôi cảm thấy choáng váng. (I feel dizzy.)
• Ngất (verb): to faint, to lose consciousness.
  • Bà ấy ngất đi vì sốc. (She fainted from shock.)
• Bất tỉnh (adj/verb): to be unconscious.
  • Nạn nhân bất tỉnh tại chỗ. (The victim was unconscious on the spot.)

Synonyms

• Fainting spell
• Swoon
• Syncope (medical term)

Related Idioms

• Cơn vựng: This is the standard collocation, meaning "a spell of fainting" or "a swoon."
  • Trải qua cơn vựng, cô gái tỉnh lại. (After the swoon, the girl came to.)