Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- ēn
English
- kindness, mercy, charity
- favor; grace; kindness
- (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
- favour of kindness
粵語
- 對人出於好心而做嘅行為；曾經嘅幫助
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 恩
- 恩人jan1 jan4
a benefactor
- 恩惠jan1 wai6
favor
- 恩情jan1 cing4
kindness
- 感恩gam2 jan1
to be grateful
- 恩典jan1 din2
favor
- 恩愛jan1 oi3
loving affection (in a couple)
- 恩平jan1 ping4
see 恩平市[En1 ping2 Shi4]
- 波恩bo1 jan1
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
- 恩怨jan1 jyun3
gratitude and grudges
- 恩賜jan1 ci3
to bestow (favors, charity etc)
- 恩客jan1 haak3
patron of a prostitute or courtesan (traditional euphemistic term, still used in modern writing)
- 恩師jan1 si1
(greatly respected) teacher
- 報恩bou3 jan1
to pay a debt of gratitude
- 恩准jan1 zeon2
approved by His (or Her) Majesty
- 感恩節gam2 jan1 zit3
Thanksgiving Day
- 恩科jan1 fo1
favoured imperial examination
- 恩物jan1 mat6
lifesaver; item that provides much-needed help
- 忘恩mong4 jan1
to be ungrateful
- 靈恩ling4 jan1
Charismatic Christianity
- 示恩si6 jan1
to show kindness
- 靈恩派ling4 jan1 paai3
Charismatic Movement
- 忘恩負義mong4 jan1 fu6 ji6
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
- 恩將仇報jan1 zoeng1 sau4 bou3
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
- 恩俸jan1 fung2
pension granted as a favor