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Middle Vietnamese
Verb
phải gió
- to catch a cold and faint
Descendants
References
Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “phải gió”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese phải gió, from phải + gió.
Pronunciation
Verb
phải gió
- to catch a cold and faint
phải gió lăn ra đùng- to catch a cold and faint with a thud
- (sarcastic) to suddenly fall victim to an unidentified illness
Usage notes
In Vietnamese folk medicine, it is thought that harmful wind can penetrate the body, leading to illness or death. This term is sometimes used ironically to emphasize the suddenness of an illness or death.
Interjection
phải gió
- (Northern Vietnam, sometimes sarcastic, optionally followed by (cái) nhà (literally “house”) and a suitable pronoun or kinship term) why you little; you son of a gun
Phải gió nhà anh! Giấu cái mũ đâu rồi?- You little twat! Where did you hide my hat?
References
"phải gió" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)