難忘

See also: 难忘

Chinese

		difficult	to forget
trad. (難忘)		難	忘
simp. (难忘)		难	忘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ mong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân-bōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ bhuang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ne-waon; ⁶ne-maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánwàng
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-wang⁴
    • Yale: nán-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwanq
    • Palladius: наньван (nanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ mong⁴
    • Yale: nàahn mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: lân-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ bɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ bhuang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng buâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ buaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne-waon; ⁶ne-maon
    • MiniDict: ne^去 waon; ne^去 maon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-hhuaan; ³ne-maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/, /ne²² mɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adjective

難忘

1. unforgettable; memorable

Verb

難忘

1. to find it difficult to forget
   • 1982, “難忘您”, in 許冠傑 (lyrics), 難忘您·紙船, performed by 許冠傑:

     難忘妳對我那種體貼入微　時時刻刻腦海中都緊記 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     难忘你对我那种体贴入微　时时刻刻脑海中都紧记 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     naan⁴ mong⁴ nei⁵ deoi³ ngo⁵ naa⁵ zung² tai² tip³ jap⁶ mei⁴, si⁴ si⁴ hak¹ hak¹ nou⁵ hoi² zung¹ dou¹ gan² gei³ [Jyutping]

     I can't forget that attention you gave me; it's still stuck fast in my mind all the time

Derived terms

• 沒齒難忘／没齿难忘 (mòchǐnánwàng)