念 niàn
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niàn
verb
to read aloud
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '念'; Guoyu '念' v 4; NCCED '念' 1; XHZD '念' 2, p. 535) -
niàn
verb
to remember; to expect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 伯夷、叔齊不念舊惡 'Bo Yi and Shu Qi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind.' (Lunyu 5:23) In this sense, 念 is a transitive verb with the object being the thing remembered (Guoyu '念' v 2; Kroll 2015 '念' 2). -
niàn
verb
to miss
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, is a transient verb in the sense of 怀念 (CC-CEDICT '念'; GHC '念' 2; Guoyu '念' v 1; NCCED '念' 1; XHZD '念' 1, p. 535). It is defined in Shuo Wen, 念:常思也 'Nian: to think of often.' (Shuo Wen '心部') -
niàn
verb
to consider
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 念 is similar to 思考 or 考虑 (Kroll 2015 '念' 3, p. 324; Ci Yuan '念' 1; GHC '念' 2) -
niàn
verb
to recite; to chant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 念 means 诵 or 读诵, often but not always to recite from memory. 念 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese. Middle Chinese: nemH (Ci Yuan '念' 2; Guoyu '念' v 3; Kroll 2015 '念' 4, p. 324) -
niàn
verb
to show affection for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 念 is similar to 爱怜 (Guoyu '念' v 7; Kroll 2015 '念' 4, p. 324) -
niàn
noun
a thought; an idea
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 念 is similar to 念头 (CC-CEDICT '念'; Ci Yuan '念' 3; Guoyu '念' n 2). For example, 念終始典于學 'The thoughts from first to last should be fixed on learning.' (Classic of Rites, Record on the Subject of Education 禮記‧學記, trans. Legge) -
niàn
number
twenty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 念 is the same as 二十 or 廿 (CC-CEDICT '念'; Ci Yuan '念' 4; GHC '念' 4; Guoyu '念' n 3; XHZD '念' 3, p. 535) -
niàn
noun
memory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 念 is the same as 记忆 (CC-CEDICT '念'; Kroll 2015 '念' 2, p. 324) -
niàn
noun
an instant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '念' n 1) -
niàn
proper noun
Nian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '念' n 3)
Contained in
- 注念 to ponder
- 理念 idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- 观念(觀念) idea; notion; thought ; point of view ; perception
- 概念驱动加工(概念驅動加工) concept-driven processing
- 渴念 to long for
- 痛念 grief; sadness
- 转念(轉念) to have second thoughts about; to think better of
- 邪念 wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire
- 眷念 to think fondly of
- 纪念日(紀念日) day of commemoration; memorial day
- 阵亡战士纪念日(陣亡戰士紀念日) Memorial Day (American holiday)
- 上位概念(上位概念) superordinate concept
- 志念(誌念) resolute thoughts
- 挂念(掛念) to be concerned; to miss
- 纪念堂(紀念堂) a memorial hall
- 闪念(閃念) sudden idea; flash of thought
- 意念 an idea; a thought
- 追念 to recollect
- 一闪念(一閃念) sudden idea; flash of insight
- 强迫观念(強迫觀念) compelling notion; obsession
- 歧念 conflicting intentions; improper thoughts
- 轸念(軫念) kind thoughts
- 恋念(戀念) to have a sentimental attachment to (a place); to miss (one's ancestral home etc); to be nostalgic about
- 纪念册(紀念冊) a commemorative album; a commemorative book
- 纪念碑(紀念碑) a plaque; a memorial; a commemorative plaque
- 系念(繫念) to be concerned about
- 顾念(顧念) to care for; to worry about
- 碎碎念 to sound like a broken record; to prattle; to nag; to mutter
- 纪念币(紀念幣) a commemorative coin
- 念虑(念慮) thought; thinking
- 记念(記念) to commemorate; to remember ; to miss
- 唱念 to recite loudly; to sing out
- 纪念馆(紀念館) commemorative museum
- 忆念(憶念) to remember; to recall ; to long for; to miss ; to commemorate
- 动念(動念) move
- 纪念信封(紀念信封) a commemorative envelope
- 意念移物 telekinesis
- 纪念会(紀念會) a memorial service
- 想念 to miss; to remember with longing
- 念念不忘 to keep in mind constantly
- 隨念 to follow the thought
- 念书(念書) to read; to study
- 概念验证(概念驗證) proof of concept
- 纪念邮票(紀念郵票) commemorative postage stamp
- 基本概念 basic concept
- 念念有词(念念有詞) to mumble; to mutter to oneself
- 纪念塔(紀念塔) a commemorative oblisk
- 可念 pitiable; likable; memorable
- 感念 to recall fondly; to remember with emotion
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- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 23
- 第十四回 Chapter 14 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 19
- 第五十七回 Chapter 57 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 18
- 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 17
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 16
- 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 15
- 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 15
- 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 15
- 卷八十三 列傳第四十三 宗越 吳喜 黃回 Volume 83 Biographies 43: Zong Yue, Wu Xi, Huang Hui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 15
- 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
Collocations
- 念母 (念母) 康公念母也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧渭陽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Wei Yang — count: 8
- 念君子 (念君子) 言念君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 5
- 言念 (言念) 言念君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 5
- 深念 (深念) 哀公默然深念 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 5
- 念诸侯 (念諸侯) 念諸侯莫可事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張儀列傳》 Biography of Zhang Yi — count: 5
- 念独 (念獨) 聖人之深念獨知獨見 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七 雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — count: 4
- 帝念 (帝念) 帝念哉 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 4
- 念终始 (念終始) 念終始典于學 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 3
- 念思 (念思) 念思非無錢以買鵠也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 3
- 王念 (王念) 梁王念太后 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 3