phải gió

phải gió

1. to catch a cold and faint

• Vietnamese: phải gió

De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “phải gió”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

From Middle Vietnamese phải gió, from phải +‎ gió.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːj˧˩ zɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːj˧˨ jɔ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faːj˨˩˦ jɔ˦˥]

phải gió

1. to catch a cold and faint

   phải gió lăn ra đùng

   to catch a cold and faint with a thud

2. (sarcastic) to suddenly fall victim to an unidentified illness

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.

phải gió

1. (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?

"phải gió" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)