ốm
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Definitions
- Adjective:
- Ill; sick: In a state of poor health, suffering from a disease or ailment.
- Thin; emaciated: Having a slender or gaunt physique, often due to illness or lack of nourishment.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy bị ốm nên không thể đi làm. (He is ill, so he cannot go to work.)
- Sau trận ốm, cô ấy trông rất ốm. (After the illness, she looks very thin.)
Advanced Usage
"Ốm nghén": This is a compound word meaning "morning sickness" (pregnancy-related nausea). It is listed here as a common fixed phrase but is not a usage of the standalone word "ốm".
- Cô ấy bị ốm nghén trong ba tháng đầu thai kỳ. (She had morning sickness during the first three months of pregnancy.)
"Ốm yếu": This is a compound adjective meaning "sickly" or "frail". It is listed here as a common fixed phrase but is not a usage of the standalone word "ốm".
- Một cơ thể ốm yếu (A sickly body)
Variants and Related Words
Ốm đau (n/adj): Sickness; illness. Refers to the state of being unwell.
- Chăm sóc khi ốm đau (To take care when sick)
Gầy ốm (adj): Very thin, skinny. A synonym emphasizing thinness.
- Dáng người gầy ốm (A skinny figure)
Synonyms
- Bệnh (adj/n): Sick; illness. More formal or clinical than "ốm".
- Gầy (adj): Thin, slim. Neutral or descriptive, not necessarily due to sickness.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Bị ốm: To be/become ill. The most common collocation.
- Tôi bị ốm hôm qua. (I fell ill yesterday.)
Trông ốm: To look thin/ill.
- Cậu bé trông hơi ốm. (The boy looks a bit thin/ill.)
Related Idioms
Ốm như con cò: (As thin as a crane) An idiom describing someone who is extremely thin.
- Sau trận bệnh, anh ta ốm như con cò. (After the sickness, he is as thin as a crane.)
Giả vờ ốm / Cáo ốm: To pretend to be sick; to feign illness.
- Nó không muốn đi học nên cáo ốm. (He didn't want to go to school, so he feigned illness.)
adj
- ill; sick
- cáo ốmto feign sick. thin; having lost weight
- người ốmthin body