貴人多忘事

Chinese

		person of importance or eminence; distinguished person	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (貴人多忘事)		貴人	多	忘	事
simp. (贵人多忘事)		贵人	多	忘	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìrén duō wàng shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìrén duō wàng shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèirén duo wàng shìh
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-jên² to¹ wang⁴ shih⁴
    • Yale: gwèi-rén dwō wàng shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyren duo wanq shyh
    • Palladius: гуйжэнь до ван ши (gujžɛnʹ do van ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìrénduōwàngshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèirénduowàngshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-jên²-to¹-wang⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwèi-rén-dwō-wàng-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyrenduowanqshell
    • Palladius: гуйжэньдованшир (gujžɛnʹdovanšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: gwai yàhn dō mòhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ yen⁴ do¹ mong⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ siː²²/

Phrase

1. (originally honorific, now usually sarcastic) important people tend to have short memories; someone having a forgetful mind