魂牽夢縈

Chinese

		soul	lead along	to dream	wind around
trad. (魂牽夢縈)		魂	牽	夢	縈
simp. (魂牵梦萦)		魂	牵	梦	萦
Literally: “concerning with souls and getting carried away into dreams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnqiān-mèngyíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄇㄥˋ ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ hin¹ mung⁶ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnqiān-mèngyíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄇㄥˋ ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húncianmèngyíng
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-chʻien¹-mêng⁴-ying²
    • Yale: hwún-chyān-mèng-yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenchianmenqyng
    • Palladius: хуньцяньмэнъин (xunʹcjanʹmɛnʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ hin¹ mung⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: wàhn hīn muhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ hin¹ mung⁶ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ hin¹ mung⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ hiːn⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

魂牽夢縈

1. (figurative) missing or longing for someone very much