白日做夢

Chinese

		the sun; daytime; during the day	to dream; to have a pipe dream
trad. (白日做夢)		白日	做夢
simp. (白日做梦)		白日	做梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báirìzuòmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ jat⁶ zou⁶ mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báirìzuòmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báirìhzuòmèng
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-jih⁴-tso⁴-mêng⁴
    • Yale: bái-r̀-dzwò-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairryhtzuohmenq
    • Palladius: байжицзомэн (bajžiczomɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ jat⁶ zou⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: baahk yaht jouh muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ jat⁹ dzou⁶ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yed⁶ zou⁶ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jɐt̚² t͡sou̯²² mʊŋ²²/

Idiom

白日做夢

1. to spin daydreams; to indulge in wishful thinking; to build castles in the air