ngái ngủ
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Definition
Adjective: - Not fully awake; drowsy; sleepy: Describes the state of being not completely alert or clear-headed, typically immediately after waking up or when still feeling the lingering effects of sleep.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau khi thức dậy, anh ấy vẫn còn ngái ngủ. (After waking up, he was still not fully awake.)
- Đừng hỏi tôi câu phức tạp nào lúc này, tôi đang ngái ngủ lắm. (Don't ask me any complex questions right now, I'm very drowsy.)
- Cô bé trả lời bằng một giọng ngái ngủ. (The little girl answered in a sleepy voice.)
Advanced Usage
- "Còn ngái ngủ": To still be drowsy/sleepy.
- Tôi uống cà phê mỗi sáng để hết còn ngái ngủ. (I drink coffee every morning to shake off the drowsiness.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngủ (v): To sleep.
- Buồn ngủ (adj): Sleepy, feeling the need to sleep.
- Lơ mơ (adj): Dazed, half-awake; can be a near-synonym in some contexts describing a semi-conscious state.
Synonyms
- Lờ đờ (adj): Lethargic, sluggish.
- Mơ màng (adj): Dreamy, in a daze.
Related Idioms
- Ngái ngủ đến nỗi...: So drowsy that...
- Cậu ấy ngái ngủ đến nỗi đi thẳng vào nhà tắm thay vì nhà bếp. (He was so drowsy that he walked straight into the bathroom instead of the kitchen.)
- not fully awake