忘形

Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (忘形)		忘	形
simp. #(忘形)		忘	形

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngsíng
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: wàng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqshyng
    • Palladius: вансин (vansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ jing⁴
    • Yale: mòhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngheeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/

Verb

忘形

1. to be beside oneself (with glee, etc.); to have one's head turned

Derived terms

• 得意忘形 (déyìwàngxíng)