mung6 gin3夢見梦见

Jyutpingmung6 gin3

Yalemuhng gin

動詞Uncommon

Definition

To dream of; to see something or someone in a dream.

colloquialdaily actions

How it's used

While 夢見 is perfectly understandable, native speakers often prefer using the verb phrase 發夢見到 to describe the act of seeing something in a dream. Using 夢見 can sometimes sound slightly more formal or literary, similar to how one might use 'dreamt of' in English versus 'saw in a dream'.

Examples

ngo5我cam4尋maan5晚mung6夢gin3見nei5你aa4呀，hou2好san4神kei4奇。

I dreamt of you last night, it was so strange.

nei5你si3試gwo3過mung6夢gin3見zi6自gei2己fei1飛gan2緊mei6未aa4呀？

Have you ever tried dreaming that you were flying?

Common phrases

mung6夢gin3見gwo3過

have dreamt of

faat3發mung6夢gin3見dou2到

saw in a dream

Common mistake

Learners often confuse 夢見 with 發夢. Remember that 夢見 is a transitive verb that requires an object, whereas 發夢 is an intransitive verb meaning 'to have a dream' and cannot take an object directly.