妄想

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (妄想)		妄	想

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngxiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ soeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mong-sióng
Min Nan (POJ): bōng-sióng / bōng-siáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàngxiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqsheang
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ soeng²
  - Yale: móhng séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ sêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong-sióng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mong xiong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴ xiong³
  - IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiorng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-siáng
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngsiarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiaŋ⁵³/

Verb

妄想

to vainly hope to (do something); to attempt in vain
(medicine) to be deluded; to be delusional

Derived terms

妄想狂
妄想症

痴心妄想
貪心妄想／贪心妄想

Noun

妄想

wishful thinking; vain hope
(～症) (medicine) delusion; delusional disorder

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妄	想
もう Grade: S	そう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

妄想 (hiragana もうそう, rōmaji mōsō)

a delusion

Verb

妄想する (transitive, hiragana もうそうする, rōmaji mōsō suru)

have a delusion; stay in a fantasy

Compounds

誇大妄想 (こだいもうそう) (kodaimōsō): megalomania
被害妄想 (ひがいもうそう) (higaimōsō): delusion of injury
妄 (もう)想 (そう)症 (しょう) (mōsōshō): paranoia

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
妄	想

Noun

妄想 • (mangsang) (hangeul 망상)

Hanja form^? of 망상.

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