南柯一夢

Chinese

		dreamland	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to dream
trad. (南柯一夢)		南柯	一	夢
simp. (南柯一梦)		南柯	一	梦

Etymology

From the short story The Governor of Nanke.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánkēyīmèng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜㄧㄇㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ o¹ jat¹ mung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánkēyīmèng [Phonetic: nánkēyímèng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜㄧㄇㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánkeyimèng
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-kʻo¹-i¹-mêng⁴
  - Yale: nán-kē-yī-mèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nankeimenq
  - Palladius: нанькэимэн (nanʹkɛimɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ o¹ jat¹ mung⁶
  - Yale: nàahm ō yāt muhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ o¹ jat⁷ mung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ o¹ yed¹ mung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ mʊŋ²²/

Idiom

南柯一夢

delusion of grandeur; fleeting glory
- 霎時覺來，乃南柯一夢，口中猶罵操賊不止。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  霎时觉来，乃南柯一梦，口中犹骂操贼不止。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Shàshí jué lái, nǎi nánkēyīmèng, kǒuzhōng yóu mà Cāo zéi bùzhǐ. [Pinyin]
  And just then he woke up and found it was all a dream, but his mouth was still full of curses.

Korean

Hanja in this term
南	柯	一	夢

Noun

南柯一夢 • (namgailmong) (hangeul 남가일몽)

Hanja form^? of 남가일몽.

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