幻象

huànxiàng

noun #8,454

Measure Word

一个幻象 gè

Meanings

1 illusion; mirage
2 phantom; apparition
3 hallucination

Characters

illusion; fantasy; unreal

image; appearance; elephant

Examples

沙漠里的海市蜃楼是一种幻象。

Shāmò lǐ de hǎishìshènlóu shì yī zhǒng huànxiàng.

A mirage in the desert is a kind of illusion.

他看到的只是幻象而已。

Tā kàndào de zhǐshì huànxiàng éryǐ.

What he saw was just an illusion.

高烧让她产生了幻象。

Gāoshāo ràng tā chǎnshēng le huànxiàng.

The high fever made her hallucinate.

Tips

usage

幻象 emphasizes the visual image aspect of an illusion. Compare with 幻觉 (huànjué), which is the broader term for hallucination covering all senses, and 幻想 (huànxiǎng), which means fantasy or daydream.

Stroke Order

幻 huàn

象 xiàng