Chinese word dictionary

忘掉

wàng diào · to forget

Practice word

Word information

Simplified忘掉

Traditional忘掉

Pinyinwàng diào

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

忘wàng

to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook

掉diào

to drop, to fall, to remove

How to learn 忘掉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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忘wàng

to forget; to overlook; to neglect

忘记wàngjì

to forget

掉diào

to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

难忘nánwàng

unforgettable

备忘录bèiwànglù

memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book

掉队diàoduì

to fall behind; to drop out