念 (nim6 | nian4) : think; study

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念

nim6

nian4

[1] [v] think of; miss; remember [2] [v] study; attend school [3] [v] read out aloud; chant [4] twenty [5] a Chinese family name [6] [Wu] twenty [7] [Wu] speak

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

念

This word has been viewed 12361 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th May 2018 21:24

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記念 gei3 nim6 ji4 nian4 = keep thinking of

想念 soeng2 nim6 xiang3 nian4 = to miss someone

懷念 waai4 nim6 huai2 nian4 = to cherish the memory of

紀念品 gei2 nim6 ban2 ji4 nian4 pin3 = souvenirs

紀念 gei2 nim6 ji4 nian4 = remember; commemorate

紀念日 gei2 nim6 jat6 ji4 nian4 ri4 = commemoration day; day of rememberence

思念 si1 nim6 si1 nian4 = to long for

信念 seon3 nim6 xin4 nian4 = belief; faith; conviction

懸念 jyun4 nim6 xuan2 nian4 = suspense (in a drama or play)

悼念 dou6 nim6 dao4 nian4 = to grieve; to mourn; to lament for
See all 46 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎粵
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

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Decimal representation of this word: 念
Unicode code for this character: U+5ff5 (off-site link)

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