Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Unconscious, insensible: In a state where one is not aware of their surroundings, typically due to illness, injury, or deep sleep. It describes a prolonged or profound loss of consciousness.
   • Faint, in a daze: In a weakened, semi-conscious state, often due to fever or exhaustion, where one's senses are dulled.

2. Verb (colloquial):

   • To be engrossed, to be absorbed: To be so deeply immersed in an activity (like reading, working, or thinking) that one loses track of time and reality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Bệnh nhân sốt cao và nằm mê man. (The patient had a high fever and lay unconscious.)
  • Sau cú ngã, anh ấy bất tỉnh mê man. (After the fall, he was knocked out cold.)

• Verb:

  • Cậu bé mê man đọc truyện tranh cả buổi chiều. (The boy was engrossed in reading comics all afternoon.)
  • Cô ấy mê man với ý tưởng mới. (She was completely absorbed in her new idea.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often implies a state that is continuous and difficult to break out of, whether it's a physical state (like unconsciousness) or a mental state (like deep absorption).

Variants and Related Words

• Mê (v): to be infatuated with, to love something excessively.

  • Anh ấy mê bóng đá. (He is crazy about football.)

• Mê muội (adj): to be deluded, blinded (often by false beliefs or passions).

  • Không nên mê muội theo những lời hứa hão. (One should not be deluded by empty promises.)

Synonyms

• Unconscious: not awake and aware.
• Comatose: in a state of deep unconsciousness.
• Engrossed: fully occupied with something.
• Absorbed: intensely engaged.

Related Idioms

• Mê man bất tỉnh: unconscious and completely unresponsive.

  • Tai nạn khiến nạn nhân mê man bất tỉnh. (The accident left the victim completely unconscious.)

• Say mê mê man: to be passionately and deeply engrossed. This phrase intensifies the state of absorption.

  • Nghệ sĩ say mê mê man trong sáng tạo. (The artist was passionately lost in creation.)

adj

1. unconscious, faint