mê ngủ
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To experience sleep hallucinations: To see images, often unreal or distorted, while in a state of sleep. This describes the phenomenon of having vivid, dream-like visions during sleep, typically when not in a deep, restful state.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Đứa trẻ hay mê ngủ và la hét giữa đêm. (The child often experiences sleep hallucinations and screams in the middle of the night.)
- Ông ấy nói rằng ông ấy mê ngủ và thấy những bóng ma. (He said he had sleep hallucinations and saw ghosts.)
- Cơn sốt cao khiến cô ấy mê ngủ. (The high fever caused her to have sleep hallucinations.)
Advanced Usage
- The state is often associated with feverish illness, extreme fatigue, or sleep disorders, where the boundary between waking and dreaming is blurred.
Variants and Related Words
- Mơ ngủ (v): to dream while sleeping. This is the more common term for normal dreaming.
- Tôi thường mơ ngủ thấy mình đang bay. (I often dream that I am flying.)
Synonyms
- To hallucinate in one's sleep: The closest direct synonym in English.
- To have hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations: More specific medical terms for hallucinations occurring at the onset or offset of sleep.
Related Concepts
- Sốt mê man: to be delirious with fever, a state which may include .
- Bệnh nhân sốt mê man và liên tục mê ngủ. (The patient was feverishly delirious and constantly had sleep hallucinations.)