遗忘 meaning in English

yíwàng

to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 遺忘19 strokes

Meaning of 遗忘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yíwàng
  1. to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

遗忘 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

要yào原yuán谅liàng,但dàn是shì不bú要yào遗yí忘wàng。
Forgive, but don't forget.
在zài时shí间jiān的de洗xǐ礼lǐ下xià,这zhè事shì件jiàn已yǐ经jīng被bèi人rén们men遗yí忘wàng。
By the shower of time, people have forgotten this event.
失shī败bài的de革gé命mìng很hěn快kuài就jiù被bèi遗yí忘wàng了le。
Defeated revolutions are forgotten quickly.
我wǒ觉jué得de李lǐ斯sī特tè的de《被bèi遗yí忘wàng的de圆yuán舞wǔ曲qǔ第dì三sān首shǒu》是shì个gè被bèi埋mái没mò的de名míng曲qū。
I think that Liszt's "Forgotten Waltz No.3" is a hidden masterpiece.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

遗 yí · to lose · 12 strokes

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忘 wàng · to forget · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 遗忘.

忘记wàngjìto forget
遗产yíchǎnheritage; legacy
遗传yíchuánheredity; to inherit (a trait)
遗憾yíhànregret; to regret
难忘nánwàngunforgettable
忘掉wàngdiàoto forget
遗嘱yízhǔtestament; will
遗体yítǐremains (of a dead person)
忘不了wàng bu liǎocannot forget
遗弃yíqìto leave; to abandon
遗物yíwùpersonal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
遗愿yíyuànfinal wishes of the departed

Questions about 遗忘

What does 遗忘 mean?

遗忘 (yíwàng) means "to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 遗忘?

遗忘 is made of 2 characters: 遗 (12 strokes), 忘 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 遗忘 an HSK word?

Yes. 遗忘 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 遗忘 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 遗忘 is written 遺忘.