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梦见 (mèng jian) — to dream about (someone/something)

Definition

梦见 means the content of a dream — what you see in your sleep. Compare 梦 mèng (HSK 6), the dream itself or the act of dreaming.

verb
to dream about (someone/something)

Examples

  • 梦见。
    Zuó tiān wǎn shàng wǒ mèng jian le yì zhī piào liang de hú dié.
    Last night I dreamed about a beautiful butterfly.
  • 梦见。
    Tā jīng cháng mèng jian zì jǐ huí dào le tóng nián.
    She often dreams that she has returned to her childhood.
  • 梦见。
    Zhè ge mèng tā yǐ jīng mèng jian hǎo jǐ cì le.
    He has dreamed this dream several times already.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

梦mèngdream
见jiànsee

The 梦 of dreaming and the 见 of seeing together give the sense of dreaming about something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夢; 梦 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夕夕xī
Sound part声符shēngfú
瞢
瞢méng夢mèng
Same sound today

The traditional form 夢 pairs 夕 (night) with 瞢, which gives the sound; its older form showed a person lying with an eye emphasized.

Open 梦 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 見; 见 is its simplified writing.

  • 目目mùeye
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The traditional form 見 pairs 目 (eye) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a kneeling figure with a large eye for a head. The simplified 见 is a later shorthand.

Open 见 →
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