đau ốm
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be sick
Verb
be sick
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to be sick; to be ill Core Actions
To be in a state of poor health or suffering from a disease or physical ailment.
vi Bà ấy thường xuyên đau ốm khi thời tiết thay đổi.
en She is often ill when the weather changes.
Parts
đau / ốm / A compound of đau + ốm …
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Parts
đau / ốm / A compound of đau + ốm …
OriginA compound of đau + ốm
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
忉瘖
Candidates by syllable
đau
忉（𤴬）
ốm
瘖（𤺵）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
phát ốm / người ốm / nghỉ ốm
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Similar
phát ốm / người ốm / nghỉ ốm
Use
đau buồn / làm đau / đau khổ / đau đớn …
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Use
đau buồn / làm đau / đau khổ / đau đớn …