忘恩負義

Chinese

		to forget favors; to be ungrateful	to be disloyal; loyal; reliable to be disloyal; loyal; reliable; dependable
trad. (忘恩負義)		忘恩	負義
simp. (忘恩负义)		忘恩	负义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàng'ēnfùyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄣ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ jan¹ fu⁶ ji⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mong² ên¹ fu⁴ ngi⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁵ eng¹ hu⁶ ngi⁶ / bhuang⁵ êng¹ hu⁶ ngi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàng'ēnfùyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄣ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàng-enfùyì
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-ên¹-fu⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: wàng-ēn-fù-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqenfuhyih
    • Palladius: ванъэньфуи (vanʺenʹfui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ jan¹ fu⁶ ji⁶
    • Yale: mòhng yān fuh yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ jan¹ fu⁶ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ yen¹ fu⁶ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ jɐn⁵⁵ fuː²² jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mong² ên¹ fu⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mɔŋ¹¹ ɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuang⁵ eng¹ hu⁶ ngi⁶ / bhuang⁵ êng¹ hu⁶ ngi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buâng ṳng hŭ ngĭ / buâng eng hŭ ngĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɯŋ³³⁻²³ hu³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi³⁵/, /buaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ eŋ³³⁻²³ hu³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi³⁵/

Note:

• bhuang5 eng1 hu6 ngi6 - Shantou;
• bhuang5 êng1 hu6 ngi6 - Jieyang.

Idiom

忘恩負義

1. to be devoid of gratefulness; to forget someone’s kindness and turn one’s back on him; to bite the hand that feeds one

See also

• (Cantonese) 打完齋唔要和尚／打完斋唔要和尚