一枕黃粱

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Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	pillow	yellow and large-grained variety of
trad. (一枕黃粱)		一	枕	黃粱
simp. (一枕黄粱)		一	枕	黄粱

Etymology

See 黃粱夢／黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzhěnhuángliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄓㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zam² wong⁴ loeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhěnhuángliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄓㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijhěnhuángliáng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chên³-huang²-liang²
  - Yale: yī-jěn-hwáng-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijeenhwangliang
  - Palladius: ичжэньхуанлян (ičžɛnʹxuanljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zam² wong⁴ loeng⁴
  - Yale: yāt jám wòhng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzam² wong⁴ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zem² wong⁴ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐm³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

一枕黃粱

brief dream of grandeur
- 風雲突變，
  軍閥重開戰。
  灑向人間都是怨，
  一枕黃粱再現。
  风云突变，
  军阀重开战。
  洒向人间都是怨，
  一枕黄粱再现。
  From: 1929, Mao Zedong,《清平樂·蔣桂戰爭》(To the tune of Pure Serene Music: The Clash Between Chiang Kai-shek and Guangxi Warlords)
  Fēngyúntūbiàn,
  Jūnfá chóng kāizhàn.
  Sǎ xiàng rénjiān dōu shì yuàn,
  Yīzhěnhuángliáng zàixiàn.
  Suddenly the wind and clouds burst into storm,
  The warlords are fighting again,
  Spreading misery among the people.
  A pillow of yellow grain emerges once more.

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