mơ ngủ
Definition
Noun:
- Sleep-dreaming / Dreaming in sleep: The general state or activity of experiencing dreams while asleep.
- A sleep-dream: A specific series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep.
Verb phrase:
- To sleep-dream: To experience dreams during sleep.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Giấc mơ ngủ đêm qua của tôi rất kỳ lạ. (Last night's sleep-dream was very strange.)
- Mơ ngủ là một hiện tượng sinh lý bình thường. (Sleep-dreaming is a normal physiological phenomenon.)
- Verb phrase:
- Đứa trẻ đang mơ ngủ và mỉm cười. (The child is sleep-dreaming and smiling.)
- Tôi thường mơ ngủ về những chuyến phiêu lưu. (I often sleep-dream about adventures.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used in a psychological or scientific context to discuss the phenomenon of dreams, distinct from daydreaming ().
- "Ảo giác mơ ngủ": Refers to hypnagogic (when falling asleep) or hypnopompic (when waking up) hallucinations, which are dream-like experiences at the threshold of sleep.
Variants and Related Words
- Giấc mơ (n): A dream. This is the more common and general word for "dream."
- Mơ mộng (v): To daydream; to have unrealistic hopes or fantasies while awake.
- Ác mộng (n): A nightmare.
Synonyms
- To dream (in sleep)
- Dreaming
Related Idioms
- Mơ ngủ còn thấy: Used to emphasize that something is so wonderful or desirable it seems like a dream.
- Căn nhà đẹp đến nỗi mơ ngủ còn thấy. (The house is so beautiful you'd even dream about it.)