Definition

1. Verb:

   • To be infatuated with; to be passionately fond of: To have an intense, often obsessive, liking or enthusiasm for someone or something.
   • To be unconscious; to faint: To lose consciousness.
   • To be in a deep sleep; to sleep soundly: To be in a state of profound, heavy sleep.

2. Adjective:

   • Enchanted; captivated; spellbound: Being in a state of fascination or rapture.
   • Confused; lost (as in a path): Being disoriented or unable to find one's way.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Cậu bé mê trò chơi điện tử. (The boy is infatuated with video games.)
  • Bệnh nhân mê đi sau cú va chạm. (The patient fainted after the collision.)
  • Nó ngủ mê đến nỗi không nghe thấy gì. (He slept so soundly that he didn't hear anything.)

• Adjective:

  • Cô ấy có vẻ mê mẩn trước khung cảnh. (She seems spellbound by the scenery.)
  • Chúng tôi bị mê lộ trong khu rừng. (We got lost in the forest.)

Advanced Usage

• "mê đắm": to be deeply engrossed or passionately immersed in.

  • Anh ấy mê đắm nghiên cứu khoa học. (He is deeply engrossed in scientific research.)

• "mê hoặc": to enchant, to bewitch.

  • Giọng hát cô ấy có sức mê hoặc lòng người. (Her singing voice has the power to enchant people.)

Variants and Related Words

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

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

• Say mê (verb): to be passionately devoted to, to be absorbed in.

  • Cô ấy say mê công việc của mình. (She is passionately devoted to her work.)

Synonyms

• Infatuated: filled with foolish or obsessive love or admiration.
• Faint: to lose consciousness briefly.
• Captivated: powerfully attracted or charmed.

Related Idioms

• Chết mê chết mệt: to be utterly infatuated or exhausted (literally: to be dead infatuated, dead tired).

  • Anh ta chết mê chết mệt vì cô ấy. (He is utterly infatuated with her.)

• Mê như điếu đổ: to be extremely infatuated or addicted (literally: to be infatuated like a fallen opium pipe).

  • Nó mê bài bạc như điếu đổ. (He is hopelessly addicted to gambling.)

verb

1. to faint; to lose consciousness
   • ngủ mê
     to sleep roundly

verb

1. to dote upon; to be carry about