忘恩

Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	kind act (from above)
trad. (忘恩)		忘	恩
simp. #(忘恩)		忘	恩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàng'ēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mong-ên

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàng'ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàng-en
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-ên¹
    • Yale: wàng-ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqen
    • Palladius: ванъэнь (vanʺenʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: mòhng yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong-ên
    • Hakka Romanization System: mong en´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴ en¹
    • Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵ en²⁴/

Verb

忘恩

1. (formal) to forget favors; to be ungrateful

Synonyms

• 背恩 (bèi'ēn) (formal)
• 負恩／负恩 (fù'ēn) (formal)
• 辜恩 (gū'ēn) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 忘恩背義／忘恩背义
• 忘恩負義／忘恩负义 (wàng'ēnfùyì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忘恩):

• → Japanese: 忘恩(ぼうおん) (bōon)
• → Korean: 망은(忘恩) (mang'eun)
• → Vietnamese: vong ân (忘恩)