It was a nightmare.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
噩梦
nightmare
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
nightmare
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 噩梦 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 噩梦 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I had a nightmare.
I often have nightmares.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 噩梦.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 噩梦.
Directly before
- 做噩梦3
- 的噩梦2
- 个噩梦2
- 像噩梦1
Directly after
- 噩梦了1
- 噩梦一样1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 噩梦
What does 噩梦 mean in Chinese?
噩梦 (èmèng) means nightmare.
How do you pronounce 噩梦?
噩梦 is pronounced èmèng.
Is 噩梦 an HSK word?
噩梦 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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