恩怨

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	blame; complain
trad. (恩怨)		恩	怨
simp. #(恩怨)		恩	怨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēnyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jyun³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-oàn / in-oàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēnyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: enyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-yüan⁴
    • Yale: ēn-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enyuann
    • Palladius: эньюань (enʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jyun³
    • Yale: yān yun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-oàn
    • Tâi-lô: un-uàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: un'oaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ uan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ uan¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² uan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-oàn
    • Tâi-lô: in-uàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in'oaxn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² uan²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²¹/

Noun

恩怨

1. feelings of gratitude and resentment; gratitude and grudges
2. (specifically) affection and friction between a couple; love-hate relationship of a couple
3. (specifically) resentment; grievances; old scores; animosity

   私人恩怨  ―  sīrén ēnyuàn  ―  personal animosity

Derived terms

• 恩怨了了
• 恩怨分明
• 恩怨情仇
• 恩恩怨怨 (ēn'ēnyuànyuàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩怨):

• → Japanese: 恩(おん)怨(えん) (on'en)
• → Korean: 은원(恩怨) (eunwon)
• → Vietnamese: ân oán (恩怨)

References

• “Entry #54265”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.