幻想

Chinese

		fantasy	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (幻想)		幻	想

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànxiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ soeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoān-sióng / hoàn-sióng / hoàn-siáng

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ siang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsiǎng
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsiang³
  - Yale: hwàn-syǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannsheang
  - Palladius: хуаньсян (xuanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ soeng²
  - Yale: waahn séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ sêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: huān-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnsiorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiorng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-siáng
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang³ siang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng siáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

幻想

to have illusions; to have delusions

Synonyms

空想 (kōngxiǎng)
夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
做夢／做梦 (zuòmèng)

Noun

幻想

illusion; delusion; fantasy
抱有幻想 ― bàoyǒu huànxiǎng ― to have fantasies; to be under an illusion

Synonyms

空想 (kōngxiǎng)
(literary) 冥思 (míngsī)

Derived terms

幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
科學幻想 / 科学幻想 (kēxué huànxiǎng)
科幻 (kēhuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幻	想
げん Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんそー [gèńsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

幻(げん)想(そう) • (gensō) ^{←げんさう (gensau)^?}

fantasy, illusion
幻(げん)想(そう)をいだく
gensō o idaku
to cherish illusions

Derived terms

幻(げん)想(そう)曲(きょく) (gensōkyoku): (music) fantasy
幻(げん)想(そう)的(てき) (gensōteki): fantastic
幻(げん)想(そう)文(ぶん)学(がく) (gensō bungaku)

References

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

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想 • (hwansang) (hangeul 환상)

hanja form^? of 환상 (“illusion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想

chữ Hán form of ảo tưởng (“illusion”)