忘憂

Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	worried
trad. (忘憂)		忘	憂
simp. (忘忧)		忘	忧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ jau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngyōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyou
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-yu¹
  - Yale: wàng-yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqiou
  - Palladius: ванъю (vanʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁴ jau¹
  - Yale: mòhng yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

忘憂

(literary) to forget about worries

Derived terms

忘憂草 / 忘忧草 (wàngyōucǎo)

Noun

忘憂

short for 忘憂草／忘忧草 (wàngyōucǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忘	憂
ぼう Grade: 6	ゆう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーゆう [bòóyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːjɯ̟ː]

Noun

忘(ぼう)憂(ゆう) • (bōyū) ^{←ばういう (bauiu)^?}

to forget about worries

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN