đau ốm

Thân thiện

Ông cụ đã già nên hay đau ốm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ill, sick, unwell: "đau ốm" describes a state of poor health, suffering from sickness or physical discomfort. It often implies a general, sometimes chronic, state of illness.
   • Ailing: It can also convey a sense of being in a weakened or infirm condition over a period of time.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy thường xuyên đau ốm. (He is frequently ill.)
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, bà ấy vẫn còn rất đau ốm. (After the serious illness, she is still very ailing.)
  • Cơ thể đau ốm không thể làm việc nặng. (An ailing body cannot do heavy work.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đau ốm liên miên": to be constantly/chronically ill.

  • Cụ già ấy đau ốm liên miên. (That old person is constantly ill.)

• "Hay đau ốm": to be prone to illness, to be sickly.

  • Đứa trẻ này thể trạng yếu nên hay đau ốm. (This child has a weak constitution so is prone to illness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đau yếu (adj): A synonym with the same meaning as "đau ốm" (ill, sickly, infirm).

  • Sức khỏe ngày càng đau yếu. (His health is becoming increasingly infirm.)

• Ốm đau (n/adj): This is a common word order variant meaning sickness/illness (noun) or sick/ill (adjective). It is often used interchangeably with "đau ốm".

  • Phòng chống ốm đau. (Prevent illness.)

• Bệnh tật (n): Disease, sickness, ailment (more focused on the diseases themselves).

• Khó ở (adj, informal): To feel unwell, under the weather.

Synonyms

• Bệnh hoạn (adj): Sickly, diseased (can sound slightly more formal or severe).
• Yếu đuối (adj): Weak, feeble (focuses on lack of strength, which can be a result of illness).

Related Phrases

• Trận ốm (n): A bout of illness, a spell of sickness.

  • Anh ấy vừa trải qua một trận ốm dài. (He just went through a long bout of illness.)

• Thể trạng đau ốm (n phrase): A sickly physical condition.

  • Do thể trạng đau ốm, anh ấy phải nghỉ việc. (Due to his sickly condition, he had to quit his job.)

Học thuật

1. (cũng nói) đau yếu
2. Be ill, ail
   • Đau ốm suốt năm không làm được việc gì
     To be ailing the whole year and not be able to get anything done