Chinese symbol for “dream”
做梦
zuò mèng
Traditional: 做夢
to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dream is 做梦 (zuò mèng), defined as: to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dream”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梦幻 (夢幻) | mèng huàn | dream; illusion |
| 发梦 (發夢) | fā mèng | to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking |
| 梦 (夢) | mèng | dream (场 (cháng)); (bound form) to dream |
| 梦寐 (夢寐) | mèng mèi | to dream; to sleep |
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of; dream |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 做梦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 做出 | zuò chū | to put out; to issue |
| 做到 | zuò dào | to accomplish; to achieve |
| 叫做 | jiào zuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth; method for making |
| 做爱 (做愛) | zuò ài | to make love |
| 做事 | zuò shì | to work; to handle matters |
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of; dream |
| 梦见 (夢見) | mèng jiàn | to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dream”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.