海市蜃樓

See also: 海市蜃楼

Chinese

		mirage; seaside city	mirage
trad. (海市蜃樓)		海市	蜃樓
simp. (海市蜃楼)		海市	蜃楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishìshènlóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ ㄕㄣˋ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² si⁵ san⁵ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁶ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁴ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishìshènlóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ ㄕㄣˋ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishìhshènlóu
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shih⁴-shên⁴-lou²
    • Yale: hǎi-shr̀-shèn-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshyhshennlou
    • Palladius: хайшишэньлоу (xajšišɛnʹlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂən⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² si⁵ san⁵ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁶ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: hói síh sáhn làuh, hói síh sahn làuh, hói síh sàhn làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² si⁵ san⁵ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁶ lau⁴, hoi² si⁵ san⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xi⁵ sen⁵ leo⁴, hoi² xi⁵ sen⁶ leo⁴, hoi² xi⁵ sen⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn¹³ lɐu̯²¹/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn²² lɐu̯²¹/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Noun

海市蜃樓

1. mirage (optical illusion)
2. (figurative) castles in the air; illusion

Synonyms

• 蜃樓海市／蜃楼海市