夢想

See also: 梦想

Chinese

		to dream	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
trad. (夢想)		夢	想
simp. (梦想)		梦	想

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	夢	想
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	莫鳳切	息兩切
Baxter	mjuwngH	sjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuŋH/	/sɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/miuŋH/	/siɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuŋH/	/siɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwŋH/	/sɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/miuŋH/	/siaŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭuŋH/	/sĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋH/	/si̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng	xiǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung6	soeng2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夢	想
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèng	xiǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjuwngH ›	‹ sjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.məŋ-s/	/*[s]aŋʔ/
English	dream	think
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夢	想
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	8998	13585
Phonetic component	夢	相
Rime group	蒸	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		想
Old Chinese	/*mɯŋs/	/*slaŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèngxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶ soeng²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mung-sióng

  (Hailu, HRS): mung^˖ siong^ˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-sióng / bōng-siáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ sion⁶ / mang⁷ siang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèngxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèngsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: mèng-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqsheang
    • Palladius: мэнсян (mɛnsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁶ soeng²
    • Yale: muhng séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²² sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mung-sióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung xiong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung⁴ xiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /muŋ⁵⁵ si̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung^˖ siong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /muŋ³³ sioŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁷ sion⁶ / mang⁷ siang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng siŏⁿ / māng siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ sĩõ³⁵/, /maŋ¹¹ siaŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuwngH sjangX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.məŋ-s  [s]aŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯŋs  slaŋʔ/

Noun

夢想

1. dream; hope; wish

   追逐夢想／追逐梦想  ―  zhuīzhú mèngxiǎng  ―  to chase one's dreams

Synonyms

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• 壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 志氣 / 志气 (zhìqì)
• 懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負 / 抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲 / 权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
• 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
• 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

Verb

夢想

1. to dream; to fantasize
2. to long for; to crave; to thirst for; to desire

Synonyms

• (to dream): 幻想 (huànxiǎng), 空想 (kōngxiǎng), 做夢／做梦 (zuòmèng)
• (to long for):

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• 企待 (qǐdài) (literary)
• 企望 (qǐwàng)
• 企盼 (qǐpàn)
• 冀望 (jìwàng) (literary)
• 向望 (ǹg-bāng) (Hokkien)
• 寄望 (jìwàng)
• 巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
• 希冀 (xījì) (literary)
• 希望 (xīwàng)
• 幸 (xìng) (literary)
• 引領 / 引领 (yǐnlǐng) (literary)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 想望 (xion² von³) (Jin)
• 承望 (chéngwàng)
• 指望 (zhǐwàng)
• 期冀 (qījì) (literary)
• 期待 (qīdài)
• 期望 (qīwàng)
• 渴望 (kěwàng)
• 盼 (pàn)
• 盼望 (pànwàng)
• 願 / 愿 (yuàn)
• 願意 / 愿意 (yuànyì)
• 鵠望 / 鹄望 (húwàng) (literary)