幻影

Chinese

fantasy
picture; image; reflection
picture; image; reflection; shadow
 
simp. and trad.
(幻影)

Pronunciation


Noun

幻影

  1. phantom; vision; illusion

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
えい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幻影 (gwæn ʔjængX, literally illusion, mirage + shadow). Compare Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んえー [gèń'éé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

(げん)(えい) • (gen'ei

  1. an illusion, a vision
    • 2000 January 27, “幻想師(イリュージョニスト)・ノー・フェイス [Illusionist No Face]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
      (げん)(えい)()せ、ひらりと(こう)(げき)をかわす。
      Gen'ei o mise, hirari to kōgeki o kawasu.
      It nimbly evades attacks with its illusions.
  2. the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
  3. (medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 幻影化(げんえいか) (gen'eika): (medicine) to phantomize
  • 幻影肢(げんえいし) (gen'eishi): (medicine) a phantom limb
  • 幻影視(げんえいし) (gen'eishi): (medicine, rare) phantasmoscopy, phantasmoscopia: seeing phantoms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

幻影 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 환영)

  1. hanja form? of 환영 (illusion)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

幻影

  1. chữ Hán form of ảo ảnh (mirage)