幻影

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànyǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ jing²
Min Nan (POJ): hoān-éng / hoàn-éng / hoān-iáⁿ / hoàn-iáⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huànyǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannyying
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ jing²
  - Yale: waahn yíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ jing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ ying²
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːn²² jɪŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-éng
  - Tâi-lô: huān-íng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn'eang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-éng
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-íng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarn'eang
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ iɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-iáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huān-iánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn'viar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ iã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-iáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-iánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarn'viar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ iã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ iã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ iã⁵³/

Noun

幻影

phantom, vision, illusion

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幻	影
げん Grade: S	えい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幻影 (gwæn ʔjæng^X, literally “illusion, mirage + shadow”). Compare Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) げんえー [gèń'éé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

幻影 (hiragana げんえい, rōmaji gen'ei)

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:
  
  幻 (げん)影 (えい)を見 (み)せ、ひらりと攻 (こう)撃 (げき)をかわす。
  Gen'ei o mise, hirari to kōgeki o kawasu.
  It nimbly evades attacks with its illusions.
the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
(medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there

Synonyms

幻 (まぼろし) (maboroshi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

幻 (げん)影 (えい)化 (か) (gen'eika): (medicine) to phantomize
幻 (げん)影 (えい)肢 (し) (gen'eishi): (medicine) a phantom limb
幻 (げん)影 (えい)視 (し) (gen'eishi): (medicine, rare) phantasmoscopy, phantasmoscopia: seeing phantoms

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
幻	影

Noun

幻影 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 환영)

Hanja form^? of 환영 (“illusion”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
幻	影

Noun

幻影

Hán tự form of ảo ảnh (“mirage”).

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