夢想

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèngxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶ soeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mung-sióng
• Min Nan (POJ): bōng-sióng / bōng-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèngxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqsheang
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁶ soeng²
    • Yale: muhng séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶ sêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²² sœ̽ːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mung-sióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung xiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung⁴ xiong³
    • IPA: /muŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiaŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨuŋ^H  sɨɐŋ^X/▼

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
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋH/	/si̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng	xiǎng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.məŋ-s  [s]aŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯŋs  slaŋʔ/

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/

Noun

夢想

1. dream; hope; wish

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

Synonyms

• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• (literary) 夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi)

Verb

夢想

1. to dream; to wish; to hope for

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
夢	想
む Grade: 5	そう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

夢想 (hiragana むそう, rōmaji musō)

1. dreaming, daydreaming
2. having an ambition

Verb

夢想する (hiragana むそうする, rōmaji musō suru)

1. to dream, to daydream
2. to have an ambition

Conjugation

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

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

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.