黃粱夢

Chinese

		yellow and large-grained variety of	to dream
trad. (黃粱夢)		黃粱	夢
simp. (黄粱梦)		黄粱	梦

Etymology

From a legend in The World Inside a Pillow.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángliángmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ loeng⁴ mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángliángmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángliángmèng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-liang²-mêng⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-lyáng-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangliangmenq
    • Palladius: хуанлянмэн (xuanljanmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ loeng⁴ mung⁶
    • Yale: wòhng lèuhng muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ loeng⁴ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ lêng⁴ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹ mʊŋ²²/

Noun

黃粱夢

1. (figurative) illusions of wealth and glory; pipe dream

See also

• 黃粱一夢／黄粱一梦 (huángliángyīmèng)