HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Everyday Verbs

忘 wàng “to forget” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 忘 means

  1. to forget
  2. to overlook
  3. to neglect

How to say 忘

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale忘wàng4th tone, falling

忘 in a sentence

  1. 我已经忘了他的名字。

    Wǒ yǐjīng wàng le tā de míngzi.

    I’ve forgotten his name.

    Sentence #1746065 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 啊，我忘了带手机了。

    A, wǒ wàng le dài shǒujī le.

    Oh, I forgot to bring my phone.

    Sentence #12520688 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不要忘了票。

    Búyào wàng le piào.

    Don’t forget the ticket.

    Sentence #389446 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 忘 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 忘 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忘wàngto forget
  • 亡death · wángSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亡 (wáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with wàng.

Memory aidSomething lost 亡 from the heart 心: to forget.

How to write 忘

忘 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 忘

Words with 忘

忘记wàngjì · forget备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep

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FAQs

忘 (wàng) means “to forget” or “to overlook”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it wàng: wàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 忘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 忘 from the suggestions. Typing wang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
忘 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.