ốm o

Thân thiện

Một em bé ốm o nằm trên giường với chiếc chăn ấm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ailing, sickly: Describes a state of being frequently or chronically ill, weak, and in poor health. It implies a frail, delicate, and feeble physical condition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, ông ấy trông rất ốm o. (After the serious illness, he looks very ailing.)
  • Đứa trẻ sinh non nên có thể chất ốm o. (The child was born prematurely, so he has a sickly constitution.)
  • Cô ấy vốn dĩ ốm o, dễ mắc bệnh vặt. (She has always been sickly and prone to minor illnesses.)

Advanced Usage

• "ốm o gầy mòn": Emaciated and sickly.

  • Căn bệnh kéo dài khiến anh ta ốm o gầy mòn. (The prolonged illness left him emaciated and sickly.)

• "vẻ mặt ốm o": A sickly appearance.

  • Vẻ mặt ốm o của cậu bé khiến mọi người lo lắng. (The boy's sickly appearance worried everyone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ốm yếu (Adj): Weak, frail, sickly. This is a common synonym and variant form of "ốm o".

  • Người già thường hay ốm yếu. (The elderly are often frail.)

• Yếu ớt (Adj): Feeble, weak.

  • Sức khỏe yếu ớt không cho phép cô ấy làm việc nặng. (Her feeble health does not allow her to do heavy work.)

Synonyms

• Bệnh tật (Adj): Ill, diseased.
• Gầy yếu (Adj): Thin and weak.
• Mảnh khảnh (Adj): Slender, delicate (can imply fragility).

Related Idioms

• "Ốm như con cò": As thin as a rake (literally: as thin/ill as a stork). This idiom emphasizes extreme thinness, often due to illness.
  • Sau đợt điều trị, bà ấy ốm như con cò. (After the treatment, she became as thin as a rake.)

Học thuật

1. Ailing, sickly