Chinese

Noun

幻影

1. phantom, vision, illusion

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 幻影 ‎(gwæn ʔjæng^X, literally “illusion, mirage + shadow”). Compare modern Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) げんえい [gèń'éé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ.e̞ː]

Noun

幻影 ‎(hiragana げんえい, romaji gen'ei)

1. an illusion, a vision
2. the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
3. (medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there

Synonyms

• 幻 (まぼろし) ‎(maboroshi)

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9