南柯一夢

Chinese

		dreamland	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to dream
trad. (南柯一夢)		南柯	一	夢
simp. (南柯一梦)		南柯	一	梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánkēyīmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜ ㄧ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ o¹ jat¹ mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánkēyīmèng [Phonetic: nánkēyímèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜ ㄧ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánkeyimèng
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kʻo¹-i¹-mêng⁴
    • Yale: nán-kē-yī-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nankeimenq
    • Palladius: нанькэимэн (nanʹkɛimɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ o¹ jat¹ mung⁶
    • Yale: nàahm ō yāt muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ o¹ jat⁷ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ o¹ yed¹ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ mʊŋ²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 南柯一夢

1. delusion of grandeur; fleeting glory

   • 霎時覺來，乃南柯一夢，口中猶罵操賊不止。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     霎时觉来，乃南柯一梦，口中犹骂操贼不止。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Shàshí jué lái, nǎi nánkēyīmèng, kǒuzhōng yóu mà Cāo zéi bùzhǐ. [Pinyin]

     And just then he woke up and found it was all a dream, but his mouth was still full of curses.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
南	柯	一	夢

Noun

南柯一夢 • (namgailmong) (hangeul 남가일몽)

1. Hanja form^? of 남가일몽.