Hanzi
Traditional
翁
Simplified
翁

elderly man/father/father-in-law/neck feathers of a bird (old)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

wēng, wěng

Bopomofo

ㄨㄥ, ㄨㄥˇ

Jyutping

jung1

Example sentences

富翁 fùwēng
那位富翁捐了很多錢。
那位富翁捐了很多钱。

That rich man donated a lot of money.

主人翁 zhǔrénwēng
學生要以主人翁的態度愛護校園。
学生要以主人翁的态度爱护校园。

Students should care for the campus with a sense of ownership.

塞翁失馬 / 塞翁失马 sàiwēngshīmǎ
塞翁失馬，焉知非福，我們不應該因為一時的挫折而灰心。
塞翁失马，焉知非福，我们不应该因为一时的挫折而灰心。

A blessing in disguise; we should not be discouraged by temporary setbacks.

焉 yān
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
塞翁失马，焉知非福。

A blessing in disguise (literally: How could the old man on the frontier know the horse's loss wasn't a blessing?).

翁 wēng
那位老翁每天清晨在河邊釣魚。
那位老翁每天清晨在河边钓鱼。

That elderly man fishes by the river every morning.

Example Vocabulary

富翁

fu4'weng1

rich person; millionaire

百万富翁

不倒翁

bu4'dao3'weng1

主人翁

zhu3'ren2'weng1

person with a sense of ownership and responsibility; protagonist

塞翁失馬

sai4'weng1'shi1'ma3

a blessing in disguise; literally 'the old man at the frontier losing his horse'

大富翁

da4'fu4'weng1

老翁

lao3'weng1

信天翁

xin4'tian1'weng1

白頭翁

bai2'tou2'weng1

翁

weng1

elderly man; literary term for father or father-in-law; surname

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