忘我

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Chinese

		to forget; to overlook; to neglect	I; me
trad. (忘我)		忘	我
simp. ^#(忘我)		忘	我

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngwǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ ngo⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngwǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngwǒ
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-wo³
  - Yale: wàng-wǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqwoo
  - Palladius: ванво (vanvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Yale: mòhng ngóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ ngo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ ŋɔː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngngor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

忘我

to be oblivious of oneself; to be selfless

Derived terms

渾然忘我 / 浑然忘我

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忘	我
ぼう Grade: 6	が Grade: 6
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーが (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

忘(ぼう)我(が) • (bōga) ^{←ばうが (bauga)^?}

being deeply engrossed in something and forgetting the self

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
忘	我

Noun

忘我 • (mang'a) (hangeul 망아)

hanja form^? of 망아

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