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(wàng) - to forget in Mandarin

wàng

Traditional: 忘

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Coloured illustration of 忘
HSK 3
#478 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to forget

Word origin

The character 忘 (wàng) 'to forget' is a phono-semantic compound: 心 'heart/mind' beneath supplies the meaning, while 亡 (wáng) 'to lose, perish' above gives both the sound and the idea of something lost from the mind.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
亡 (wáng, phonetic and 'to lose') + 心 (heart radical)

Stroke order

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Examples

I forgot his name.

Don't forget to bring your keys.

There are some things I will never forget.

I have forgotten your name.

dēng

Please do not forget to turn off the light.

忘 (wàng) - to forget.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 忘.

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This word is part of lesson 10.