貴人多忘事

Chinese

		person of importance or eminence; distinguished person	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (貴人多忘事)		貴人	多	忘	事
simp. (贵人多忘事)		贵人	多	忘	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guìrén duō wàng shì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guìrén duō wàng shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèirén duo wàng shìh
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-jên² to¹ wang⁴ shih⁴
  - Yale: gwèi-rén dwō wàng shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyren duo wanq shyh
  - Palladius: гуйжэнь до ван ши (gujžɛnʹ do van ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guìrénduōwàngshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèirénduowàngshìhr
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-jên²-to¹-wang⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: gwèi-rén-dwō-wàng-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyrenduowanqshell
  - Palladius: гуйжэньдованшир (gujžɛnʹdovanšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: gwai yàhn dō mòhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ jan⁴ do¹ mong⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ yen⁴ do¹ mong⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ siː²²/

Phrase

貴人多忘事

(originally honorific, now usually sarcastic) important people tend to have short memories; someone having a forgetful mind

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