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 12364 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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結婚紀念日 git3 fan1 gei2 nim6 jat6 jie2 hun1 ji4 nian4 ri4 = wedding anniversary (common formation)

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

概念 koi3 nim6 gai4 nian4 = concept

意念 ji3 nim6 yi4 nian4 = idea

念頭 nim6 tau4 nian4 tou5 = [1] thought, idea; [2] intention

掛念 gwaa3 nim6 gua4 nian4 = to worry about sb.

觀念 gun1 nim6 guan1 nian4 = notion, thought

值得紀念 zik6 dak1 gei2 lim6 = memorable

理念 lei5 nim6 li3 nian4 = idea, Logo; concept; theory; philosophy

念珠 nim6 zyu1 nian4 zhu1 = a rosary, prayer beads

念經 nim6 ging1 nian4 jing1 = recite a sutra; prayers; chant; intone

不上心念書 bat1 soeng5 sam1 nim6 syu1 = does not apply one's mind to school lessons

人工概念 jan4 gung1 koi3 nim6 ren2 gong1 gai4 nian4 = artificial concept

念書 nim6 syu1 nian4 shu1 = read; recite a lesson from memory; to study

電子念佛機 din6 zi2 nim6 fat6 gei1 = electronic pray to Buddha machine/reciter

基本概念 gei1 bun2 koi3 nim6 ji1 ben3 gai4 nian4 = basic concept

抽象概念 cau1 zoeng6 koi3 nim6 chou1 xiang4 gai4 nian4 = abstract concept; abstract idea; abstraction

貝殼念珠 bui3 hok3 nim6 zyu1 bei4 ke2 nian4 zhu1 = [n] wampum

紀念碑 gei2 nim6 bei1 = [n] a cenotaph

整體觀念 zing2 tai2 gun1 nim6 zheng3 ti3 guan1 nian4 = the concept of viewing the situation as a whole; [TCM] an organic conception of the human body, viewing its various parts as forming an organic whole

念口黃 nim6 hau2 wong4*2 = reciting a text without understanding its meaning (variant of 唸口黃) 粵

週年紀念 zan1 nin4 gei2 nim6 zhou1 nian2 ji4 nian4 = anniversary commemoration (common formation)

受難紀念 sau6 naan6 gei2 nim6 shou4 nan2 ji4 nian4 = memorial (common formation)

紀念郵票 gei2 nim6 jau4 piu3 ji4 nian4 you2 piao4 = commemorative stamp (common formation)

觀念更新 gun1 nim6 gang1 san1 guan1 nian4 geng4 xin1 = the renewal of thinking (common formation)

階級觀念 gaai1 kap1 gun1 nim6 = class concept; concept of class; social stratification

念咒 nim6 zau3 nian4 zhou4 = to chant incantations

念誦 nim6 zung6 nian4 song4 = to recite; to read aloud

念念有詞 nim6 nim6 jau5 ci4 nian4 nian4 you3 ci2 = to mutter incantations; to mumble to oneself

默念 mak6 nim6 mo4 nian4 = to read in silence; to contemplate inwardly

留念 lau4 nim6 liu2 nian4 = accept or keep as a souvenir; a keepsake; a momento

恪守信念 kok3 sau2 seon3 nim6 ke4 shou3 xin4 nian4 = to stand by one's convictions

亡兵紀念日 mong4 bing1 gei2 nim6 jat6 wang2 bing1 ji4 nian4 ri4 = Memorial Day (US holiday) (common formation)

乃念 naai5 nim6 nai3 nian4 = in light of..., considering.... 粵

渴念 hot3 nim6 ke3 nian4 = yearn after; long for; miss greatly

傳統觀念 cyun4 tung2 gun1 nim6 chuan2 tong3 guan1 nian4 = traditional concepts / customs / values / views

念舊 nim6 gau6 nian4 jiu4 = cherish old times or old friends

顧念 gu3 nim6 gu4 nian4 = take into consideration; take into account

人民英雄紀念碑 jan4 man4 jing1 hung4 gei3 nim6 bei1 ren2 min2 ying1 xiong2 ji4 nian4 bei1 = Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square

概念驅動加工 koi3 nim6 keoi1 dung6 gaa1 gung1 gai4 nian4 qu1 dong4 jia1 gong1 = concept-driven processing

六四紀念活動 luk6 sei3 gei3 nim6 wut6 dung6 liu4 si4 ji4 nian4 huo2 dong4 = Tian'anmen massacre commemorative activities

和平紀念碑 wo4 ping4 gei2 nim6 bei1 = [n] The Cenotaph (a memorial monument to the Hong Kong residents who died during World Wars I and II)

集體觀念 zaap6 tai2 gun1 nim6 ji2 ti3 guan1 nian4 = groupism; collective spirit (common formation)

小念頭 siu2 nim6 tau4 xiao3 nian4 tou2 = Little Idea

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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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