Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Just awake, eyes barely open: Describes the state of having just woken up, when one's eyes are barely open or still heavy with sleep.
   • Very early (in the morning): Describes the very early part of the day, often at dawn or just after sunrise.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bảnh mắt đã đòi ăn. (Just awake, he already cried for food.)
  • Trời mùa hè, mới bảnh mắt đã oi ả. (In summer, it gets sultry very early in the morning.)
  • Sáng bảnh mắt. (It is bright daylight / It is very early in the morning and already bright.)

Advanced Usage

• "Mới bảnh mắt": Used to emphasize that something happens immediately upon waking or at the crack of dawn.
  • Mới bảnh mắt, nó đã chạy đi chơi. (Just after waking up, he already ran off to play.)
• "Sáng bảnh mắt": Can describe the early morning light or the fact that it is already fully daylight, often implying it's time to be up.
  • Sáng bảnh mắt mà còn ngủ. (It's broad daylight and he's still sleeping.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bảnh (adj, dialectal): Can mean "open" or "spread out," often used in combination with other words like "bảnh mắt."
• Mở mắt (verb phrase): To open one's eyes. While related, "mở mắt" is a general action, whereas "bảnh mắt" describes a specific, groggy state.

Synonyms

• Mới ngủ dậy: Just got out of bed.
• Tờ mờ sáng: At dawn, in the dim morning light.
• Vừa thức dậy: Just woke up.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ngủ chưa đã bảnh mắt: To wake up before feeling fully rested, to be rudely awakened.
  • Điện thoại reo, tôi ngủ chưa đã bảnh mắt. (The phone rang, I was awakened before I was ready.)
• Chưa bảnh mắt: Not yet fully awake; still sleepy.
  • Anh ấy chưa bảnh mắt nên chẳng nói gì. (He wasn't fully awake yet, so he didn't say anything.)

1. Just awake, very early
   • bảnh mắt đã đòi ăn
     just awake, he already cried for food
   • trời mùa hè, mới bảnh mắt đã oi ả
     in summer, it gets sultry very early
   • sáng bảnh mắt
     it is bright daylight