噩夢

See also: 噩梦

Chinese

		startling	to dream
trad. (噩夢)		噩	夢
simp. (噩梦)		噩	梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ mung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): go̍k-bōng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq-mon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èmèng
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-mêng⁴
    • Yale: è-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehmenq
    • Palladius: эмэн (emɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: ngohk muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² mʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: go̍k-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gogbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔk̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷oq-mon
    • MiniDict: oh^入 mon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-mon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ moŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

噩夢

1. terrifying dream; nightmare (Classifier: 場／场 m)

   噩夢一般！／噩梦一般！  ―  Èmèng yībān!  ―  It was a nightmare!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 噩夢 (“nightmare”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		噩夢, 惡夢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	惡夢, 噩夢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	噩夢, 惡夢
Cantonese	Hong Kong	惡夢
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹夢
Wu	Shanghai	噩夢