Definition

1. Verb:
   • To long for, to yearn for: "tơ tưởng" describes the act of constantly thinking about someone or something with a deep, silent, and often melancholic desire or hope.
   • To daydream, to muse: It also refers to the act of indulging in idle, wistful thoughts or fantasies, often about something unattainable or distant.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy cứ tơ tưởng về người yêu cũ. (She keeps longing for her old lover.)
  • Anh ta ngồi tơ tưởng đến những chuyến phiêu lưu. (He sits there daydreaming about adventures.)
  • Đừng tơ tưởng đến những điều viển vông. (Don't daydream about unrealistic things.)

Advanced Usage

• "tơ tưởng đến ai/điều gì": to long for someone/something, to daydream about someone/something.
  • Suốt ngày anh ấy chỉ tơ tưởng đến cô ấy. (All day, he just longs for her.)
• Often implies a gentle, persistent, and somewhat sorrowful longing, not a forceful desire. It is commonly used in poetic or emotional contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Mơ tưởng (verb): to dream of, to fantasize about (similar in meaning but can imply a stronger element of fantasy or illusion).
• Nhớ thương (verb): to miss and love (focuses more on missing a person with affection).
• Ao ước (verb): to wish, to desire (a more general term for wishing).

Synonyms

• Thương nhớ: to miss dearly.
• Mong mỏi: to eagerly await, to hope for.
• Mộng mơ: to dream, to be in a dreamy state.

Related Idioms

• Tơ tưởng vẩn vơ: To have wandering, idle daydreams.
  • Cậu đừng tơ tưởng vẩn vơ nữa, hãy tập trung vào công việc. (Stop your idle daydreaming and focus on your work.)

verb

1. to long to day-dream