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/同牀異夢)		同	床/牀	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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻuang²-i⁴-mêng⁴
  - Yale: túng-chwáng-yì-mèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchwangyihmenq
  - Palladius: тунчуанъимэн (tunčuanʺimɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
  - Yale: tùhng chòhng yih muhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ cong⁴ yi⁶ mung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ jiː²² mʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (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

(of a married couple) to not get along; to be in discord (usually as a result of different goals)
(figurative, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans

Synonyms

同床各夢／同床各梦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同床異夢):

→ Japanese: 同(どう)床(しょう)異夢(いむ) (dōshōimu)
→ Korean: 동상이몽(同床異夢) (dongsang'imong)
→ Vietnamese: đồng sàng dị mộng (同床異夢)

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	床	異	夢

Noun

同床異夢 • (dongsang'imong) (hangeul 동상이몽)

Hanja form^? of 동상이몽 (“not getting along; being in discord”).

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