冥想

冥想

Chinese

		dark; deep	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (冥想)		冥	想
variant forms		瞑想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ soeng², ming⁴ soeng²
• Min Nan (POJ): bêng-sióng / bêng-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: míngxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingsheang
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ soeng², ming⁴ soeng²
    • Yale: míhng séung, mìhng séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ soeng², ming⁴ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ sêng², ming⁴ sêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ sœ̽ːŋ³⁵/, /mɪŋ²¹ sœ̽ːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsiorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiaŋ⁵³/

Verb

冥想

1. to be lost in thought; to fantasize

   合目冥想  ―  hémù míngxiǎng  ―  close one's eyes and daydream

2. to meditate

Noun

冥想

1. fantasy; imagination; daydream

   沉入了冥想  ―  chénrù le míngxiǎng  ―  to be engrossed in a fantasy, in one's imagination

2. meditation

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥	想
めい Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Coined in the Meiji period.[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) めーそー [mèésóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

冥想 (hiragana めいそう, rōmaji meisō, historical hiragana めいさう)

1. meditation (thinking)

Verb

冥想する (hiragana めいそうする, rōmaji meisō suru, historical hiragana めいさうする)

1. to meditate (ruminate)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "冥想する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	冥想し	めいそうし	meisō shi
Continuative (連用形)	冥想し	めいそうし	meisō shi
Terminal (終止形)	冥想する	めいそうする	meisō suru
Attributive (連体形)	冥想する	めいそうする	meisō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	冥想すれ	めいそうすれ	meisō sure
Imperative (命令形)	冥想せよ¹ 冥想しろ²	めいそうせよ¹ めいそうしろ²	meisō seyo¹ meisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	冥想される	めいそうされる	meisō sareru
Causative	冥想させる 冥想さす	めいそうさせる めいそうさす	meisō saseru meisō sasu
Potential	冥想できる	めいそうできる	meisō dekiru
Volitional	冥想しよう	めいそうしよう	meisō shiyō
Negative	冥想しない	めいそうしない	meisō shinai
Negative continuative	冥想せず	めいそうせず	meisō sezu
Formal	冥想します	めいそうします	meisō shimasu
Perfective	冥想した	めいそうした	meisō shita
Conjunctive	冥想して	めいそうして	meisō shite
Hypothetical conditional	冥想すれば	めいそうすれば	meisō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN