冤枉

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	in the wrong; in vain
simp. and trad. (冤枉)		冤	枉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuānwang, yuānwǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ˙ㄨㄤ, ㄩㄢㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ wong²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yên-vóng / yân-vóng

(Meixian, Guangdong): yan¹ vong³
Jin (Wiktionary): ye¹ von¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-óng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuānwang
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ˙ㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuanwång
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹-wang⁵
  - Yale: ywān-wang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan.uang
  - Palladius: юаньван (juanʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuānwǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuanwǎng
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹-wang³
  - Yale: ywān-wǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanwoang
  - Palladius: юаньван (juanʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ wong²
  - Yale: yūn wóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ wong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ wong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-vóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien´ vong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ vong³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴ voŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-vóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´ vong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ vong³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴ voŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yan¹ vong³
  - Sinological IPA: /ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋɔŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ye¹ von¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ye¹¹ vɒ̃¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-óng
  - Tâi-lô: uan-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan'orng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁵³/

Verb

冤枉

to treat unjustly; to wrong; to do someone wrong
你這麼說可是冤枉你父親了。 [MSC, trad.]
你这么说可是冤枉你父亲了。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ zhème shuō kěshì yuānwang nǐ fùqīn le. [Pinyin]
You are doing your father wrong by speaking like this.

冤枉呀，大人！ ― Yuānwang ya, dàrén! ― It's unjust, your Excellency!

Synonyms

委屈 (wěiqu)
冤屈 (yuānqū)
(Hokkien) 鬱屈／郁屈

Noun

冤枉

unjust treatment

Adjective

冤枉

not worthwhile
(Hakka) pitiful

Derived terms

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