幻想

Chinese

		fantasy	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (幻想)		幻	想

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànxiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ soeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoān-sióng / hoàn-sióng / hoàn-siáng

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ siang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsiǎng
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsiang³
  - Yale: hwàn-syǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannsheang
  - Palladius: хуаньсян (xuanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ soeng²
  - Yale: waahn séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ sêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: huān-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnsiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-siáng
  - Tâi-lô: huàn-siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnsiarng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang³ siang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng siáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

幻想

to have illusions; to have delusions

Synonyms

空想 (kōngxiǎng)
夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
做夢／做梦 (zuòmèng)

Noun

幻想

illusion; delusion; fantasy
抱有幻想 ― bàoyǒu huànxiǎng ― to have fantasies; to be under an illusion

Synonyms

空想 (kōngxiǎng)
(literary) 冥思 (míngsī)

Derived terms

幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
科學幻想 / 科学幻想 (kēxué huànxiǎng)
科幻 (kēhuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幻	想
げん Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんそー [gèńsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

幻(げん)想(そう) • (gensō) ^{←げんさう (gensau)^?}

fantasy, illusion
幻(げん)想(そう)をいだく
gensō o idaku
to cherish illusions

Derived terms

幻(げん)想(そう)曲(きょく) (gensōkyoku): (music) fantasy
幻(げん)想(そう)的(てき) (gensōteki): fantastic
幻(げん)想(そう)文(ぶん)学(がく) (gensō bungaku)

Verb

幻(げん)想(そう)する • (gensō suru) ^{←げんさう (gensau)^?}transitive suru (stem 幻(げん)想(そう)し (gensō shi), past 幻(げん)想(そう)した (gensō shita))

imagine; fantasize; mistake
- 1936, 戸坂潤, “21　学生スポーツ論”, in 思想と風俗‎^[1]:
  或いは単にそういう興味を純スポーツ的な興味だと幻想するのである。
  Arui wa tan ni sō iu kyōmi o jun-supōtsu-teki na kyōmi da to gensō suru no de aru.
  Or they simply mistake such interests for purely sporting interests.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "幻想する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	幻想し	げんそうし	gensō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	幻想し	げんそうし	gensō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	幻想する	げんそうする	gensō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	幻想する	げんそうする	gensō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	幻想すれ	げんそうすれ	gensō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	幻想せよ¹ 幻想しろ²	げんそうせよ¹ げんそうしろ²	gensō seyo¹ gensō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	幻想される	げんそうされる	gensō sareru
Causative	幻想させる幻想さす	げんそうさせるげんそうさす	gensō saseru gensō sasu
Potential	幻想できる	げんそうできる	gensō dekiru
Volitional	幻想しよう	げんそうしよう	gensō shiyō
Negative	幻想しない	げんそうしない	gensō shinai
Negative continuative	幻想せず	げんそうせず	gensō sezu
Formal	幻想します	げんそうします	gensō shimasu
Perfective	幻想した	げんそうした	gensō shita
Conjunctive	幻想して	げんそうして	gensō shite
Hypothetical conditional	幻想すれば	げんそうすれば	gensō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
“幻想”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想 • (hwansang) (hangeul 환상)

hanja form^? of 환상 (“illusion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幻	想

Noun

幻想

chữ Hán form of ảo tưởng (“illusion”)