幻想

Chinese

		fantasy	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (幻想)		幻	想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ soeng²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoān-sióng / hoàn-sióng / hoàn-siáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ siang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: hwàn-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannsheang
    • Palladius: хуаньсян (xuanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ soeng²
    • Yale: waahn séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: huān-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnsiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: huàn-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: huàn-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang³ siang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

幻想

1. to have illusions; to have delusions

Synonyms

• 空想 (kōngxiǎng)
• 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 做夢／做梦 (zuòmèng)

Noun

幻想

1. illusion; delusion; fantasy

   抱有幻想  ―  bàoyǒu huànxiǎng  ―  to have fantasies; to be under an illusion

Synonyms

• 空想 (kōngxiǎng)
• (literary) 冥思 (míngsī)

Derived terms

• 幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
• 科學幻想／科学幻想 (kēxué huànxiǎng)
• 科幻 (kēhuàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幻	想
げん Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんそー [gèńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

幻(げん)想(そう) • (gensō) ^{←げんさう (gensau)?}

1. fantasy, illusion

   幻(げん)想(そう)をいだく

   gensō o idaku

   to cherish illusions

Derived terms

• 幻(げん)想(そう)曲(きょく) (gensōkyoku): (music) fantasy
• 幻(げん)想(そう)的(てき) (gensōteki): fantastic
• 幻(げん)想(そう)文(ぶん)学(がく) (gensō bungaku)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想 • (hwansang) (hangeul 환상)

1. Hanja form^? of 환상 (“illusion”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想

1. chữ Hán form of ảo tưởng (“illusion”).