同床異夢

同床異夢

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	bed; couch; (a measure word)	different; unusual; strange	to dream
trad. (同床異夢)		同	床	異	夢
simp. (同床异梦)		同	床	异	梦
Literally: “to share the bed but have different dreams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngchuángyìmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchwangyihmenq
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: tùhng chòhng yih muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ cong⁴ yi⁶ mung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ jiː²² mʊŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tshn̂g-ī-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhng'ixbong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ i³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ³³/

Idiom

同床異夢

1. (of a married couple) to not get along; to be in discord
2. (figuratively, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans

Synonyms

• 同床各夢／同床各梦