健忘 (jiàn wàng) — forgetful, absentminded

Definizione

A more literary/formal word for 'forgetful' (a tendency, often habitual), stronger than 忘记 (a single act of forgetting).

adjective

forgetfulabsentminded

健忘，。
Tā zuì jìn hěn jiàn wàng, zǒng shì wàng jì dài yào shi.
He's been very forgetful lately, always forgetting to bring his keys.
健忘。
jiàn wàng De rén zuì hǎo yòng bǐ jì běn huò shǒu jī tí xǐng zì jǐ.
Forgetful people should use a notebook or phone to remind themselves.
健忘，？
Nǐ de jiàn wàng wèn tí yuè lái yuè yán zhòng le, yào bú yào qù yī yuàn kàn kàn?
Your forgetfulness is getting more serious; do you want to go to the hospital and get it checked?

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