HSK 6 · Emotions

恩怨 ēnyuàn “old grudges” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 恩怨 means

  1. old grudges
  2. mixed gratitude and resentment
  3. gratitude and grudges
  4. resentment
  5. grudges
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • grievances

How to say 恩怨

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale恩ēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怨yuàn4th tone, falling

恩怨 in a sentence

  1. 两家人的恩怨已经过去了。

    Liǎng jiā rén de ēnyuàn yǐjīng guòqù le.

    The old troubles between the two families are behind them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他们之间有一些个人恩怨。

    Tāmen zhījiān yǒu yìxiē gèrén ēnyuàn.

    There’s some personal history between them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 恩怨 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 恩 (ēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
恩ēnfavour; grace; kindness
  • 因cause · yīnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 因 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with ēn.

The character 怨 (yuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
怨yuànto blame
  • 夗to turn over when asleep · yuànSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 夗 (yuàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.

How to write 恩怨

恩 10 strokes · 怨 9 strokes

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恩怨 (ēnyuàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 恩怨 (ēnyuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 恩怨

Words with 怨

抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain埋怨mányuàn · to complain

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

胆怯dǎnqiè · timid惦记diànjì · to keep thinking about敌视díshì · to be hostile to丢人diūrén · to lose face反感fǎngǎn · to dislike废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep愤怒fènnù · anger服气fúqì · to be convinced

FAQs

恩怨 (ēnyuàn) means “old grudges” or “mixed gratitude and resentment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ēnyuàn: ēn with a 1st tone, then yuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 恩怨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type enyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恩怨 from the suggestions. Typing enyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恩怨 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.