恩怨

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Chinese

		kind act (from above)	blame; complain
trad. (恩怨)		恩	怨
simp. ^#(恩怨)		恩	怨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēnyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jyun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-oàn / in-oàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēnyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: enyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: ên¹-yüan⁴
  - Yale: ēn-ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: enyuann
  - Palladius: эньюань (enʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jyun³
  - Yale: yān yun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-oàn
  - Tâi-lô: un-uàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: un'oaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ uan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ uan¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² uan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-oàn
  - Tâi-lô: in-uàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: in'oaxn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² uan²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²¹/

Noun

恩怨

feelings of gratitude and resentment; gratitude and grudges
(specifically) affection and friction between a couple; love-hate relationship of a couple
(specifically) resentment; grievances; old scores; animosity
私人恩怨 ― sīrén ēnyuàn ― personal animosity

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩怨):

→ Japanese: 恩(おん)怨(えん) (on'en)
→ Korean: 은원(恩怨) (eunwon)
→ Vietnamese: ân oán (恩怨)

References

“Entry #54265”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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