夜長夢多
See also: 夜长梦多
Chinese
| night | long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
to dream | many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (夜長夢多) | 夜 | 長 | 夢 | 多 | |
| simp. (夜长梦多) | 夜 | 长 | 梦 | 多 | |
| Literally: “a long night is fraught with dreams”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yèchángmèngduō
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yèchángmèngduo
- Wade–Giles: yeh4-chʻang2-mêng4-to1
- Yale: yè-cháng-mèng-dwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehcharngmenqduo
- Palladius: ечанмэндо (ječanmɛndo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je6 coeng4 mung6 do1
- Yale: yeh chèuhng muhng dō
- Cantonese Pinyin: je6 tsoeng4 mung6 do1
- Guangdong Romanization: yé6 cêng4 mung6 do1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mʊŋ²² tɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
夜長夢多
- (figurative) if a situation drags on, something unfavourable may happen