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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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
  • (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
Mandarin	Taiwan	惡夢, 噩夢
	Yangzhou	噩夢, 惡夢
Cantonese	Hong Kong	惡夢
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹夢
Wu	Shanghai	噩夢