夢寐以求

Chinese

		dream; hope; wish	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (夢寐以求)		夢寐	以	求
simp. (梦寐以求)		梦寐	以	求
Literally: “to seek even in dreams”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèngmèiyǐqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄇㄟˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶ mei⁶ ji⁵ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèngmèiyǐqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄇㄟˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèngmèiyǐcióu
    • Wade–Giles: mêng⁴-mei⁴-i³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: mèng-mèi-yǐ-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqmeyyiichyou
    • Palladius: мэнмэйицю (mɛnmɛjicju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁶ mei⁶ ji⁵ kau⁴
    • Yale: muhng meih yíh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶ mei⁶ ji⁵ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶ méi⁶ yi⁵ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²² mei̯²² jiː¹³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

夢寐以求

1. to desire strongly; to crave; to long for

   夢寐以求的工作／梦寐以求的工作  ―  mèngmèiyǐqiú de gōngzuò  ―  job one has been dreaming of