tinh mơ
Definition
- Noun:
- Dawn / Daybreak / The early hours of the morning: The period of time when the night is ending and the first light of day begins to appear, but before the sun has fully risen. It implies a very early, quiet, and often hazy or dim time of day.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy dậy từ lúc tinh mơ để đi làm. (He gets up at dawn to go to work.)
- Cảnh vật trong tinh mơ thật yên tĩnh. (The scenery at daybreak is very peaceful.)
- Chúng tôi khởi hành vào lúc tinh mơ. (We departed in the early hours of the morning.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "tinh mơ" often carries a poetic or descriptive connotation, emphasizing the quiet, fresh, and transitional quality of this specific time. It is more literary than the simple word "sáng" (morning).
Variants and Related Words
- Tinh sương (n): A direct synonym, also meaning dawn or early morning, often when dew is still present.
- Tiếng gà gáy báo hiệu tinh sương. (The rooster's crow heralds the dawn.)
Synonyms
- Dawn: The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
- Daybreak: The time in the morning when light first appears.
- The crack of dawn: An idiomatic expression for a very early time in the morning.
- Early morning: The period of time early in the morning.
Related Idioms
- While "tinh mơ" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in phrases describing very early action:
- Lúc tinh mơ hôm sau... (At the crack of dawn the next day...)
- Từ tờ mờ sáng đến tinh mơ... (From the dim light of early morning to daybreak...)