He's very forgetful of things.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
健忘
forgetful
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
forgetful
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 健忘 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 健忘 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You are apt to be forgetful.
I've been forgetful lately.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 健忘.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 健忘.
Directly before
- 很健忘2
- 变得健忘1
- 真健忘1
- 有些健忘1
Directly after
- 健忘的1
- 健忘了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 健忘
What does 健忘 mean in Chinese?
健忘 (jiànwàng) means forgetful.
How do you pronounce 健忘?
健忘 is pronounced jiànwàng.
Is 健忘 an HSK word?
健忘 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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