同床異夢

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	bed; couch; (a measure word)	different; unusual; strange	to dream
trad. (同床異夢/同牀異夢)		同	床/牀	異	夢
simp. (同床异梦)		同	床	异	梦
Literally: “to share the bed but have different dreams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngchuángyìmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻuang²-i⁴-mêng⁴
    • Yale: túng-chwáng-yì-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchwangyihmenq
    • Palladius: тунчуанъимэн (tunčuanʺimɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: tùhng chòhng yih muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ cong⁴ yi⁶ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ jiː²² mʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tshn̂g-ī-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhng'ixbong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ i³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ³³/

Idiom

同床異夢

1. (of a married couple) to not get along; to be in discord (usually as a result of different goals)
2. (figurative, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans

Synonyms

• 同床各夢／同床各梦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同床異夢):

• → Japanese: 同(どう)床(しょう)異夢(いむ) (dōshōimu)
• → Korean: 동상이몽(同床異夢) (dongsang'imong)
• → Vietnamese: đồng sàng dị mộng (同床異夢)

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	床	異	夢

Noun

同床異夢 • (dongsang'imong) (hangeul 동상이몽)

1. Hanja form^? of 동상이몽 (“not getting along; being in discord”).