Chinese symbol for “phantom”
幻影
huàn yǐng
phantom; mirage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phantom is 幻影 (huàn yǐng), defined as: phantom; mirage.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “phantom”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魅影 | mèi yǐng | phantom (esp. of Western fantasy) |
| 妖 | yāo | goblin; witch |
| 鬼怪 | guǐ guài | hobgoblin; bogey |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幻影.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻想 | huàn xiǎng | to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy |
| 梦幻 (夢幻) | mèng huàn | dream; illusion |
| 幻觉 (幻覺) | huàn jué | illusion; hallucination |
| 科幻 | kē huàn | science fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想 (kē xué huàn xiǎng) |
| 奇幻 | qí huàn | fantasy (fiction) |
| 虚幻 (虛幻) | xū huàn | imaginary; illusory |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “phantom”.
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.