幻 huàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
幻影
huànyǐng
phantom; illusion; apparition
Characters in this word
影 yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 景 scenery, view 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 沙漠尽头的城市像幻影一样摇晃，转眼便消失了。 Shāmò jìntóu de chéngshì xiàng huànyǐng yíyàng yáohuàng, zhuǎnyǎn biàn xiāoshī le. The city at the end of the desert shimmered like a mirage and vanished in an instant.
- 他以为远处的灯光是出口，走近才发现只是幻影。 Tā yǐwéi yuǎnchù de dēngguāng shì chūkǒu, zǒu jìn cái fāxiàn zhǐshì huànyǐng. He thought the light in the distance was the exit, but only when he got closer did he realise it was just an illusion.
- 她梦见一个模糊的幻影在雾中慢慢走远。 Tā mèngjiàn yí ge móhu de huànyǐng zài wù zhōng mànmàn zǒu yuǎn. She dreamed of a blurry phantom slowly walking away in the fog.
Related words
- 幻想 huànxiǎng to fantasize; fantasy, illusion
- 科幻 kēhuàn science fiction
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
- 幻觉 huànjué hallucination; illusion
- 梦幻 mènghuàn dreamlike; fantasy
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 影片 yǐngpiàn film; movie
- 影响 yǐngxiǎng to affect; influence
- 影视 yǐngshì film and television
- 影子 yǐngzi shadow