幻影

Chinese

fantasy
 
picture; image; reflection
picture; image; reflection; shadow
simp. and trad.
(幻影)

Pronunciation


Noun

幻影

  1. phantom; vision; illusion

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
えい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幻影 (gwæn ʔjængX, literally illusion, mirage + shadow). Compare Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んえー [gèń'éé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

(げん)(えい) • (gen'ei) 

  1. an illusion, a vision
    • 2000 January 27, “幻想師(イリュージョニスト)・ノー・フェイス [Illusionist No Face]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
      (げん)(えい)()せ、ひらりと(こう)(げき)をかわす。
      Gen'ei o mise, hirari to kōgeki o kawasu.
      It nimbly evades attacks with its illusions.
  2. the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
  3. (medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there

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Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

幻影 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 환영)

  1. Hanja form? of 환영 (illusion).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

幻影

  1. chữ Hán form of ảo ảnh (mirage).
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