忘我

Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	I; me
trad. (忘我)		忘	我
simp. ^#(忘我)		忘	我

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngwǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ ngo⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngwǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngwǒ
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-wo³
  - Yale: wàng-wǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqwoo
  - Palladius: ванво (vanvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Yale: mòhng ngóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ ŋɔː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngngor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

忘我

to be oblivious of oneself; to be selfless

Derived terms

渾然忘我 / 浑然忘我

Noun

忘我

(slang) ecstacy; MDMA

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 搖頭丸 (“ecstasy; MDMA”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搖頭丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搖頭丸, 快樂丸, 衣服, 綠蝴蝶, 狂喜, 亞當, 忘我
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	愛它死
Cantonese	Hong Kong	揈頭丸, E仔
Southern Min	Taipei	搖頭丸 GT, 衫 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忘	我
ぼう Grade: 6	が Grade: 6
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーが [bóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɡa̠]

Noun

忘(ぼう)我(が) • (bōga) ^{←ばうが (bauga)^?}

being deeply engrossed in something and forgetting the self

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
忘	我

Noun

忘我 • (mang'a) (hangeul 망아)

hanja form^? of 망아