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Chinese
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fantasy
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picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
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simp. and trad. (幻影)
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幻
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影
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Pronunciation
Noun
幻影
- phantom; vision; illusion
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 幻影 (gwæn ʔjængX, literally “illusion, mirage + shadow”). Compare Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).
Pronunciation
Noun
幻影 • (gen'ei)
- an illusion, a vision
2000 January 27, “幻想師・ノー・フェイス [Illusionist No Face]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
- 幻影を見せ、ひらりと攻撃をかわす。
- Gen'ei o mise, hirari to kōgeki o kawasu.
- It nimbly evades attacks with its illusions.
- the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
- (medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there
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Korean
Noun
幻影 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 환영)
- hanja form? of 환영 (“illusion”)
Vietnamese
Noun
幻影
- chữ Hán form of ảo ảnh (“mirage”).