mộng du

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 23 October 2020

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 夢遊, composed of 夢 (“dream”) and 遊 (“to roam”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ zu˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ jʊw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˨˩˨ jʊw˧˧]

Noun

sleepwalking
bị mộng du
to sleepwalk
- 1985, Thanh Thảo, Đàn ghi ta của Lor-ca [Lorca’s Guitar]:
  Tây Ban Nha
  hát nghêu ngao
  bỗng kinh hoàng
  áo choàng bê bết đỏ
  Lor-ca bị điệu về bãi bắn
  chàng đi như người mộng du
  Spain
  singing loudly
  frightened suddenly
  the cape soaked in red
  Lorca was being dragged to the shooting ground
  he was walking like a sleepwalker

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