痴心妄想

Chinese

		infatuated; infatuation	to vainly hope to; to attempt in vain; to be deluded to vainly hope to; to attempt in vain; to be deluded; to be delusional
trad. (痴心妄想/癡心妄想)		痴心/癡心	妄想
simp. (痴心妄想)		痴心	妄想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīxīnwàngxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ sam¹ mong⁵ soeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīxīnwàngxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihsinwàngsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-hsin¹-wang⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: chr̄-syīn-wàng-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshinwanqsheang
    • Palladius: чисиньвансян (čisinʹvansjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ sam¹ mong⁵ soeng²
    • Yale: chī sām móhng séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ sam¹ mong⁵ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ sem¹ mong⁵ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ mɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

痴心妄想

1. to obsessively fantasize about something that cannot come true