蝴蝶夢

Chinese

		butterfly; hinge	to dream
trad. (蝴蝶夢)		蝴蝶	夢
simp. (蝴蝶梦)		蝴蝶	梦
alternative forms		胡蝶夢／胡蝶梦 obsolete

Etymology

See 莊周夢蝶／庄周梦蝶 (zhuāngzhōumèngdié, “Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húdiémèng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húdiémèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húdiémèng
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-tieh²-mêng⁴
  - Yale: hú-dyé-mèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwudyemenq
  - Palladius: худемэн (xudemɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

蝴蝶夢

(literary) indistinct dream; hazy fantasy

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