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  nim6   jyutping
  nian4   pinyin
[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: (#61)

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

This word has been viewed 10010 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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detail  gei3 nim6  ji4 nian4 = keep thinking of
detail  soeng2 nim6  xiang3 nian4 = to miss someone
detail  waai4 nim6  huai2 nian4 = to cherish the memory of
detail  gei2 nim6 ban2  ji4 nian4 pin3 = souvenirs
detail  gei2 nim6  ji4 nian4 = remember; commemorate
detail  gei2 nim6 jat6  ji4 nian4 ri4 = commemoration day; day of rememberence
detail  si1 nim6  si1 nian4 = to long for
detail  seon3 nim6  xin4 nian4 = belief; faith; conviction
detail  jyun4 nim6  xuan2 nian4 = suspense (in a drama or play)
detail  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)

Showing all 2 examples containing 念
detail 有啲審美觀念
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.
detail 真係令人懷念一個世紀之後返嚟
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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