貪新忘舊

Chinese

		greedy	new; newly; meso- (chem.)	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (貪新忘舊)		貪	新	忘	舊
simp. (贪新忘旧)		贪	新	忘	旧

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ san¹ mong⁴ gau⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ san¹ mong⁴ gau⁶
    • Yale: tāam sān mòhng gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ san¹ mong⁴ gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ sen¹ mong⁴ geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ kɐu̯²²/

Idiom

貪新忘舊

1. (Cantonese) to love the new and forget the old; to be fickle in affection

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	喜新厭舊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	貪新忘舊
Southern Min	Xiamen	迎新棄舊
	Taipei	迎新棄舊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)