夢中

Chinese

to dream
 
middle; center; within
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (夢中) 夢 中
simp. (梦中) 梦 中

Pronunciation


Noun

夢中

  1. in a dream
    焚香祝海靈,開眼夢中行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    焚香祝海灵,开眼梦中行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 《送僧歸日本》
    Fénxiāng zhù hǎilíng, kāiyǎn mèngzhōng xíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夢 中
む
Grade: 5
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

夢(む)中(ちゅう) • (muchū) -na (adnominal 夢(む)中(ちゅう)な (muchū na), adverbial 夢(む)中(ちゅう)に (muchū ni))

  1. absorbed (fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed)
    子(こ)どもが夢中(むちゅう)で遊(あそ)んでいる
    kodomo ga muchū de asondeiru
    the children are completely absorbed in playing
    Synonym: 現を抜かす

Inflection

Noun

夢(む)中(ちゅう) • (muchū) 

  1. a trance, absorption in something or someone
    ゲームアプリに夢中(むちゅう)になる
    gēmu apuri ni muchū ni naru
    become totally absorbed in a gaming app

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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