夢幻

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

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• 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/

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• 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	/mɨuŋH/	/ɦˠuɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/miuŋH/	/ɦʷᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuŋH/	/ɣuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwŋH/	/ɦwəɨnH/
Li Rong	/miuŋH/	/ɣuɛnH/
Wang Li	/mĭuŋH/	/ɣwænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋH/	/ɣwănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung6	waan6

Noun

夢幻

1. 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 [mùgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

夢(む)幻(げん) • (mugen) 

1. fantasy, dreams, illusions
2. something transient, fleeting, ephemeral