# 做夢
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuòmèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ mung$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zu$^4$ mung$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-bāng / chò-bāng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zo$^3$ mang$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuòmèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuòmèng
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-mêng$^4$
*** Yale: dzwò-mèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmenq
*** Palladius: цзомэн (czomɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ mung$^6$
*** Yale: jouh muhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ mung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ mung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² mʊŋ²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$做夢／做梦 造夢／造梦
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zu$^4$ mung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³⁵ muŋ¹¹/
* 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: zo$^3$ mang$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò māng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ maŋ¹¹/

### Verb

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