一枕黃粱

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	pillow	yellow and large-grained variety of
trad. (一枕黃粱)		一	枕	黃粱
simp. (一枕黄粱)		一	枕	黄粱

Etymology

See 黃粱夢／黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzhěnhuángliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄓㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zam² wong⁴ loeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhěnhuángliáng [Phonetic: yìzhěnhuángliáng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄓㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijhěnhuángliáng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chên³-huang²-liang²
  - Yale: yī-jěn-hwáng-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijeenhwangliang
  - Palladius: ичжэньхуанлян (ičžɛnʹxuanljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zam² wong⁴ loeng⁴
  - Yale: yāt jám wòhng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzam² wong⁴ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zem² wong⁴ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐm³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

一枕黃粱

brief dream of grandeur
- 風雲突變，
  軍閥重開戰。
  灑向人間都是怨，
  一枕黃粱再現。 [Ci, trad.]
  风云突变，
  军阀重开战。
  洒向人间都是怨，
  一枕黄粱再现。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: 1929, Mao Zedong,《清平樂·蔣桂戰爭》(To the tune of Pure Serene Music: The Clash Between Chiang Kai-shek and Guangxi Warlords)
  Fēngyúntūbiàn,
  Jūnfá chóng kāizhàn.
  Sǎ xiàng rénjiān dōu shì yuàn,
  Yīzhěnhuángliáng zàixiàn. [Pinyin]
  Suddenly the wind and clouds burst into storm,
  The warlords are fighting again,
  Spreading misery among the people.
  A pillow of yellow grain emerges once more.