黃粱一夢

Chinese

		yellow and large-grained variety of	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to dream
trad. (黃粱一夢)		黃粱	一	夢
simp. (黄粱一梦)		黄粱	一	梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángliángyīmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ loeng⁴ jat¹ mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángliángyīmèng [Phonetic: huángliángyímèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángliángyimèng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-liang²-i¹-mêng⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-lyáng-yī-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangliangimenq
    • Palladius: хуанлянъимэн (xuanljanʺimɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ loeng⁴ jat¹ mung⁶
    • Yale: wòhng lèuhng yāt muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ loeng⁴ jat⁷ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ lêng⁴ yed¹ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mʊŋ²²/

Idiom

黃粱一夢

1. fanciful dream of wealth and rank; pipe dream; one's hopes coming to nothing