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, ㄩㄢ ㄨㄤˇ

• 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

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• 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: ㄩㄢ ㄨㄤˇ
    • 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^ˊ vong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ vong³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴ voŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-vóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ vong^ˋ
    • 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

1. 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! (said in historical dramas)

Synonyms

• 委屈 (wěiqu)
• 冤屈 (yuānqū)
• (Hokkien) 鬱屈／郁屈, 拗屈, 拗鬱／拗郁, 枉屈

Noun

冤枉

1. unjust treatment

Adjective

冤枉

1. not worthwhile
2. (Hakka) pitiful

Derived terms

• 冤枉路
• 冤枉錢／冤枉钱