夢幻

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See also: 梦幻

Chinese

		to dream	fantasy
trad. (夢幻)		夢	幻
simp. (梦幻)		梦	幻
anagram		幻夢／幻梦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mènghuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶ waan⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bōng-hoān / bōng-hoàn / bāng-hoàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ huang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mènghuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mènghuàn
  - Wade–Giles: mêng⁴-huan⁴
  - Yale: mèng-hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqhuann
  - Palladius: мэнхуань (mɛnxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mung⁶ waan⁶
  - Yale: muhng waahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶ waan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶ wan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²² waːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxnghoan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ huan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² huan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxnghoaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ huan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ huan¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: bāng-huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnghoaxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ huan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ huan²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang⁷ huang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng huàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ huaŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjuwngH hweanH

Rime
Character	夢	幻
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	莫鳳切	胡辨切
Baxter	mjuwngH	hweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuŋ^H/	/ɦˠuɛn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/miuŋ^H/	/ɦʷᵚæn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuŋ^H/	/ɣuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwŋ^H/	/ɦwəɨn^H/
Li Rong	/miuŋ^H/	/ɣuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/mĭuŋ^H/	/ɣwæn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋ^H/	/ɣwăn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung⁶	waan⁶

Noun

夢幻

reverie; illusion; fantasy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夢幻):

→ Japanese: 夢(む)幻(げん) (mugen)
→ Korean: 몽환(夢幻) (monghwan)

See also

夢境／梦境 (mèngjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夢	幻
む Grade: 5	げん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むげん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

夢(む)幻(げん) • (mugen)

fantasy, dreams, illusions
something transient, fleeting, ephemeral

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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