幻影

Meaning of 幻影

幻影 (huànyǐng) means phantom and illusion — 幻 (illusion, fantasy) and 影 (shadow, image). A ghostly presence hovering between the real and the imagined.

To say Phantom in Chinese, pronounce 幻影 as Huàn yǐng. The marks over the letters show the tones — the pitch contour that distinguishes Mandarin syllables.