miên hành
Definition
- Noun:
- Somnambulism: A state or condition of walking or performing other complex behaviors while asleep or in a sleep-like state. This is the direct medical and psychological term.
- Sleepwalking: The common, non-technical term for the act of walking during sleep.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Miên hành là một chứng rối loạn giấc ngủ. (Somnambulism is a sleep disorder.)
- Anh ấy bị miên hành. (He suffers from sleepwalking.)
- Các bác sĩ đang nghiên cứu hiện tượng miên hành. (Doctors are researching the phenomenon of somnambulism.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal, medical, or academic contexts. In everyday conversation, the descriptive phrase "mộng du" (literally "sleep-wander") is more commonly used than "miên hành."
Variants and Related Words
- Mộng du (n): Sleepwalking. This is the more frequent and colloquial synonym.
- Đứa trẻ hay bị mộng du. (The child often sleepwalks.)
- Người miên hành (n): Somnambulist; a sleepwalker.
- Người miên hành có thể không nhớ gì vào sáng hôm sau. (A sleepwalker may remember nothing the next morning.)
Synonyms
- Sleepwalking: The common English equivalent.
- Somnambulism: The formal, technical synonym.
Related Idioms
- There are no common idioms directly using the word "miên hành." The concept is typically expressed literally.