幻觉 huànjué illusion
illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination
How to remember 幻觉: 幻 illusion + 觉 feel = illusion.
Characters
How it is used
- A hallucination / illusion of the senses - 产生幻觉 (chǎnshēng huànjué) to have hallucinations.
- Psychological/medical: perceiving something that isn't there, from illness, drugs, or exhaustion.
- Contrast 错觉 (cuòjué, a misperception/illusion of something real seen wrongly); 幻觉 is perceiving what is wholly absent.
Example sentences
- 那全是幻觉吗？ Nàquán shì huànjué ma?Was it all an illusion?