妄想

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
trad. (妄想)		妄	想
simp. ^#(妄想)		妄	想

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngxiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ soeng²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mong-sióng / nong-sióng

(Hailu, HRS): nong^˖ siong^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-sióng / bōng-siáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngxiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngsiǎng
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-hsiang³
  - Yale: wàng-syǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqsheang
  - Palladius: вансян (vansjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ soeng²
  - Yale: móhng séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ sêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong-sióng / nong-sióng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mong xiong^ˋ / nong xiong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴ xiong³ / nong⁴ xiong³
  - Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵ si̯oŋ³¹/, /noŋ⁵⁵ si̯oŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nong^˖ siong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /noŋ³³ sioŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-siáng
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siaŋ⁵³/

Verb

妄想

to vainly hope to (do something); to attempt in vain
(medicine) to be deluded; to be delusional

Synonyms

(to vainly hope to): 妄圖／妄图 (wàngtú); (Hokkien, Teochew) 食水

Derived terms

妄想狂 (wàngxiǎngkuáng)
妄想症 (wàngxiǎngzhèng)
痴心妄想 (chīxīnwàngxiǎng)
貪心妄想 / 贪心妄想

Noun

妄想

wishful thinking; vain hope
(～症) (medicine) delusion; delusional disorder
(Southern Sixian Hakka) gift; present

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妄	想
もう Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mo̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

妄(もう)想(そう) • (mōsō)

a delusion

Verb

妄(もう)想(そう)する • (mōsō suru) transitive suru (stem 妄(もう)想(そう)し (mōsō shi), past 妄(もう)想(そう)した (mōsō shita))

have a delusion; stay in a fantasy

Alternative forms

盲想(もうそう) (mōsō)

Derived terms

誇大妄想(こだいもうそう) (kodaimōsō): megalomania
被害妄想(ひがいもうそう) (higaimōsō): delusion of injury
妄想症(もうそうしょう) (mōsōshō): paranoia

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
妄	想

Noun

妄想 • (mangsang) (hangeul 망상)

hanja form^? of 망상 (“delusion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
妄	想

Noun

妄想

chữ Hán form of vọng tưởng (“delusion”)

Verb

妄想

chữ Hán form of vọng tưởng (“to be delusional”)