(wàng) - to forget in Mandarin
wàngTraditional: 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
忘
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.
灯。
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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