tỉnh ngủ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Being a light sleeper: Describes a person who wakes up easily from sleep, often with minimal noise or disturbance.
- Having woken up easily: Describes the state of having been roused from sleep without difficulty.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bà tôi rất tỉnh ngủ, chỉ cần một tiếng động nhỏ là thức giấc. (My grandmother is a very light sleeper; just a small noise wakes her up.)
- Nhờ tỉnh ngủ, anh ấy nghe thấy tiếng mưa và kịp thu quần áo. (Because he wakes up easily, he heard the rain and managed to bring the clothes in.)
- Đứa bé tỉnh ngủ nên đêm nào bố mẹ cũng phải rất yên tĩnh. (The child is a light sleeper, so the parents have to be very quiet every night.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "tỉnh ngủ" is primarily descriptive and is not typically used as a verb phrase like "to wake up." It focuses on the inherent characteristic of a person's sleep pattern or a specific instance of easy waking.
Variants and Related Words
- Tỉnh giấc / Tỉnh dậy (v): To wake up (from sleep). This is the verb phrase for the action of waking.
- Tôi tỉnh giấc lúc 6 giờ sáng. (I woke up at 6 a.m.)
- Ngủ say (adj): To be a deep/heavy sleeper; to be sound asleep. This is the direct opposite of "tỉnh ngủ."
- Anh ấy ngủ say đến nỗi không nghe thấy chuông báo thức. (He is such a deep sleeper that he doesn't hear the alarm clock.)
Synonyms
- Light sleeper: A person who wakes easily.
- Easily awakened: Describes the capability to wake up without difficulty.
Related Idioms
- Ngủ không tỉnh: To sleep like a log; to be dead to the world. This idiom describes a state of very deep sleep from which one is hard to wake.
- Làm việc mệt quá, tối qua tôi ngủ không tỉnh. (I was so tired from work, I slept like a log last night.)