忘乎所以

Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	(interrog. part.)	proper conduct
trad. (忘乎所以)		忘	乎	所以
simp. #(忘乎所以)		忘	乎	所以

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànghūsuǒyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄏㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ fu⁴ so² ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànghūsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: wànghūsuóyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄏㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànghusuǒyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-hu¹-so³-i³
    • Yale: wàng-hū-swǒ-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqhusuooyii
    • Palladius: ванхусои (vanxusoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ fu⁴ so² ji⁵
    • Yale: mòhng fùh só yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ fu⁴ so² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ fu⁴ so² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ fuː²¹ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

忘乎所以

1. to forget oneself; to lose self-control; beside oneself (typically as a result of one's own behaviour)