Definition
呓 is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'to talk in one's sleep' or 'sleep talk'. It almost never appears alone; you'll see it in the compound 梦呓 (mèngyì, 'sleep talking') or in the chengyu 梦呓般 (mèngyì bān, 'like sleep talk — nonsensical'). As a bound form, it must attach to another morpheme to form a word.
b.f.
(bound form) sleep talktalking in one's sleep
Examples
- 。Tā wǎnshàng jīngcháng shuō mèngyì.He often talks in his sleep at night.
- 。Mèngyì shì shuìmián zhàng'ài de yì zhǒng biǎoxiàn.Sleep talking is a type of sleep disorder.
- ，。Tā de huà xiàng mèngyì yíyàng, ràng rén tīng bù dǒng.His words were like sleep talk — incomprehensible.
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