做夢

See also: 做梦

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	to dream
trad. (做夢)		做	夢
simp. (做梦)		做	梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ mung⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): zu⁴ mung⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-bāng / chò-bāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo³ mang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòmèng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-mêng⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmenq
    • Palladius: цзомэн (czomɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: jouh muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² mʊŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 做夢／做梦 造夢／造梦

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zu⁴ mung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ muŋ¹¹/

Note: only "to have a pipe dream".

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-bāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-bāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'bang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ baŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ baŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ baŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-bāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-bāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirbang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ baŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ baŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo³ mang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò māng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ maŋ¹¹/

Verb

做⫽夢 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to dream
2. to have a pipe dream

   他天天兒不好好兒學習還想考上清華北大？做夢吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   他天天儿不好好儿学习还想考上清华北大？做梦吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Tā tiāntiānr bù hǎohāor xuéxí hái xiǎng kǎoshàng Qīnghuá Běidà? Zuòmèng ba! [Pinyin]

   He slacks off on his studies every day and still wants to get into Tsinghua or Peking University? He's dreaming!

Synonyms

• (to dream):

Dialectal synonyms of 做夢 (“to dream”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		做夢, 作夢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	做夢
	Taiwan	做夢
	Chengde	做夢
	Chifeng	做夢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	做夢
	Heihe	做夢
	Qiqihar	做夢
	Harbin	做夢
	Jiamusi	做夢
	Baicheng	做夢
	Tonghua	做夢
	Shenyang	做夢
	Jinzhou	做夢
	Singapore	做夢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	做夢
	Tangshan	做夢
	Cangzhou	做夢
	Baoding	做夢
	Shijiazhuang	做夢
	Lijin	做夢
	Jinan	做夢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	做夢
	Dandong	做夢
	Yantai	做夢
	Yantai (Muping)	做夢
	Qingdao	做夢
	Zhucheng	做夢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	做夢
	Lingbao	做夢
	Jining	做夢
	Wanrong	做夢
	Linfen	夢見
	Shangqiu	做夢
	Yuanyang	做夢
	Zhengzhou	做夢
	Xinyang	做夢
	Baihe	做夢
	Xi'an	做睡夢, 做夢
	Baoji	做夢
	Tianshui	做夢, 夢睡夢
	Xining	做睡夢
	Xuzhou	做夢
	Fuyang	做夢
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	做睡夢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	做夢
	Bayanhot	做睡夢
	Lanzhou	做睡夢, 夢睡夢
	Dunhuang	做夢, 睡夢
	Hami	做夢
	Ürümqi	做夢, 做睡夢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	做夢
	Nanchong	做夢
	Dazhou	扯混老二
	Hanyuan	做夢
	Xichang	做夢
	Zigong	做夢
	Muli	做夢
	Chongqing	做夢
	Wuhan	做夢
	Yichang	做夢
	Xiangyang	做夢
	Tianmen	做夢
	Guiyang	做夢
	Zunyi	做夢
	Bijie	做夢
	Liping	做夢
	Zhaotong	衝臺子
	Dali	做夢
	Kunming	做夢, 衝臺子
	Mengzi	做夢
	Guilin	做夢, 發夢, 發夢水
	Pingle	做夢
	Liuzhou	做夢
	Luzhai	做夢
	Nanning (Xiakuojie)	睡夢
	Nanning (Fujian)	睡夢
	Nanning (Wuming)	睡夢, 發夢
	Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)	睡夢
	Binyang (Nanjie)	做夢
	Hechi (Yizhou)	睡夢, 做夢
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	睡夢, 做夢
	Tianlin (Langping)	做夢
	Jishou	做夢
	Changde	做夢顛
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	做夢
	Hanzhong	做夢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	做夢
	Yangzhou	做夢
	Lianyungang	做夢
	Lianshui	做夢
	Nantong	做夢
	Wuhu	做夢
	Hefei	做夢
	Hong'an	做夢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發夢
	Hong Kong	發夢
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	發夢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	發夢
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	發夢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	發夢
	Macau	發夢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	發夢
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	發夢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	發夢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	發夢
	Foshan	發夢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	發夢
	Foshan (Shunde)	發夢
	Foshan (Sanshui)	發夢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	發夢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	發迷夢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	發迷夢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	財夢, 發夢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	發夢
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	發夢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	發夢
	Taishan	發夢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	發夢
	Enping (Niujiang)	發夢
	Heshan (Yayao)	發夢
	Dongguan	發夢
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	發夢
	Qingyuan	發夢
	Fogang	發夢
	Yingde (Hanguang)	發夢
	Yangshan	發夢
	Lianshan (Butian)	發夢
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	發夢
	Shaoguan	發夢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	發夢
	Renhua	發夢
	Lechang	發夢
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	發夢
	Sihui	發夢
	Guangning	發夢
	Deqing	發夢
	Huaiji	發夢
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	發夢
	Yunfu	發夢
	Xinxing	定夢
	Luoding	睡夢, 發夢
	Yunan (Pingtai)	發夢
	Yangjiang	睡夢
	Xinyi	睡夢, 做夢
	Maoming (Xinpo)	做夢, 睡夢
	Lianjiang	睡夢
	Nanning	睡夢
	Wuzhou	發夢
	Yulin	睡夢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	睡夢
	Hepu (Shatian)	睡夢, 做夢
	Guiping	發夢
	Mengshan (Xihe)	睡夢
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	打睡夢
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	睡夢
	Baise	睡夢
	Bobai	睡夢
	Lingshan	睡夢
Pubei	睡夢
Qinzhou	發夢
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	信夢
Beihai	睡夢
Beihai (Nankang)	睡夢
Beihai (Yingpan)	睡夢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	睡夢, 發夢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	發夢
Ningming	做夢
Hengzhou	打夢睡
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	睡夢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	睡夢
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	做夢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	發夢
Singapore (Guangfu)	發夢
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	發夢
Móng Cái	睡夢
Gan	Nanchang	眠夢
	Lichuan	眠夢
	Pingxiang	打夢講
Hakka	Meixian	發夢
	Xingning	發夢
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	發夢
	Huidong (Daling)	發夢
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	發夢
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	發夢
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	發夢
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	發夢, 做夢
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	發夢
	Wengyuan	發夢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	發夢
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	發夢
	Liannan	發夢
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	發夢
	Jiexi	發夢
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	發夢
	Changting	發夢
	Wuping	發瞑夢
	Wuping (Yanqian)	發瞑夢
	Wuping (Pingyu)	發夢, 發眠夢
	Liancheng	發夢
	Ninghua	對夢, 對眠夢
	Yudu	眠夢
	Ningdu	眠夢
	Ruijin	眠夢
	Shicheng	眠夢
	Shangyou (Shexi)	眠夢
	Tonggu (Sandu)	發夢
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	發夢
	Dayu	發夢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	發夢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	發夢
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	發夢
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	發夢
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	發夢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	發夢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	發夢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	發夢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	發夢
	Hong Kong	發夢
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	睡夢
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	睡夢
	Xinyi (Sihe)	睡夢
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	發夢
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	睡夢
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	發夢
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	發夢, 睡夢
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	睡夢
	Mengshan (Xihe)	睡夢
	Luchuan	做夢
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	睡夢
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	做夢
	Mashan (Pianlian)	發夢
	Senai (Huiyang)	發夢
Huizhou	Jixi	做虛夢
	Shexian	做夢
	Wuyuan	做夢
	Fuliang	發夢天, 得迷夢
	Dexing	眠夢
Jin	Taiyuan	夢夢, 作夢, 做夢
	Yangyuan	做夢
	Datong	做夢
	Xinzhou	夢夢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	夢夢
	Changzhi	夢夢
	Linhe	夢夢
	Jining	做夢
	Hohhot	夢夢, 做夢
	Erenhot	做夢, 夢夢
	Pingshan	做夢
	Zhangjiakou	做夢
	Handan	做夢
	Linzhou	做夢
	Suide	夢夢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	發眠夢, 發迷夢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	做夢
	Matsu	做夢
Southern Min	Xiamen	做夢, 眠夢
	Quanzhou	做夢, 眠夢
	Zhangzhou	做夢, 眠夢
	Taipei	眠夢
	Kaohsiung	做夢
	Yilan	眠夢
	Changhua (Lukang)	眠夢
	Taichung	眠夢
	Taichung (Wuqi)	做夢
	Tainan	做夢
	Taitung	做夢
	Hsinchu	做夢
	Penghu (Magong)	做夢
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏夢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	眠夢, 做眠
	Manila (Hokkien)	做夢
	Longyan	眠夢
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	睏希望
	Chaozhou	夢, 做夢
	Shantou	做夢
	Jieyang	做夢
	Haifeng	發夢, 發夢乾
	Bangkok (Teochew)	夢見
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	做夢
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	做夢
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	做夢
	Singapore (Teochew)	做夢
	Pontianak (Teochew)	做夢
	Leizhou	夢夢
	Haikou	做夢
Puxian Min	Putian	做夢
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	做夢
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	做夢
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	做夢
	Xianyou	做夢, 夢
	Xianyou (Fengting)	做夢, 夢
	Xianyou (Youyang)	做夢, 夢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	夢眠夢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	睡夢, 發夢
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	製夢
Wu	Shanghai	做夢
	Shanghai (Chongming)	做夢
	Suzhou	做夢
	Danyang	做夢
	Hangzhou	做夢
	Ningbo	做亂夢
	Wenzhou	做夢
	Jinhua	做夢, 眠夢
Xiang	Changsha	做夢, 發夢天, 發夢衝, 走瀏陽, 走混路子
	Xiangtan	辵夢
	Loudi	辵夢, 做南柯子
	Shuangfeng	做夢, 做南柯子
	Quanzhou	做夢

• (to have a pipe dream): 幻想 (huànxiǎng), 空想 (kōngxiǎng), 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng); (Xiang) 發夢天／发梦天, 發夢衝／发梦冲

Derived terms

• 白日做夢／白日做梦 (báirìzuòmèng)