dạ đề

Em bé khóc dạ đề suốt đêm.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Night crying (in infants): A traditional Vietnamese term describing a condition where a baby cries persistently and inconsolably during the night, often attributed to colic, digestive discomfort, or folk beliefs about spiritual causes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Em bé nhà tôi bị dạ đề, đêm nào cũng khóc. (My baby has night crying; he cries every night.)
  • Theo kinh nghiệm dân gian, trẻ dạ đề cần được chăm sóc đặc biệt. (According to folk experience, babies with night crying need special care.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in traditional and familial contexts. In modern pediatrics, the symptoms described as "dạ đề" are often medically explained as infantile colic or other digestive issues.

Variants and Related Words

• Khóc dạ đề (v): to suffer from night crying.
  • Con tôi mấy tháng đầu hay khóc dạ đề. (My child often had night crying during the first few months.)

Synonyms

• Night crying: The direct descriptive translation.
• Infantile colic: A common medical term for a condition featuring prolonged, frequent crying in an otherwise healthy infant.

Related Cultural Concepts

• In Vietnamese folk belief, "dạ đề" is sometimes thought to be influenced by supernatural factors, leading to traditional rituals or the use of amulets to soothe the child.
• (The grandmother believes a silver bracelet will cure the baby's night crying.)