念 niàn

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. 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')
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. niàn noun an instant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '念' n 1)
11. niàn proper noun Nian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '念' n 3)

Contained in

• 概念驱动加工(概念驅動加工) concept-driven processing
• 淫念 lust
• 志念(誌念) resolute thoughts
• 基本概念 basic concept
• 纪念册(紀念冊) a commemorative album; a commemorative book
• 牵念(牽念) to recall fondly
• 留念 to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
• 顾念(顧念) to care for; to worry about
• 轸念(軫念) kind thoughts
• 杂念(雜念) distracting thoughts
• 念念不忘 to keep in mind constantly
• 西藏百万农奴解放纪念日(西藏百萬農奴解放紀念日) Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
• 私念 selfish thoughts ; an idea
• 疑念 doubt
• 绝对观念(絕對觀念) absolute idea (in Hegel's philosophy)
• 纪念币(紀念幣) a commemorative coin
• 一念之差 momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action
• 歧念 conflicting intentions; improper thoughts
• 默念 o read in silence; to contemplate inwardly
• 纪念(紀念) to commemorate; to remember ; memorial
• 敲经念佛(敲經念佛) beat a rhythm and recite Buddhist chants
• 概念地图(概念地圖) mind map
• 信念 trust ; faith; belief
• 记念(記念) to commemorate; to remember ; to miss
• 念念有词(念念有詞) to mumble; to mutter to oneself
• 追念 to recollect
• 一闪念(一閃念) sudden idea; flash of insight
• 念叨 to talk about often; to reminisce about; to keep repeating; to keep harping on; to discuss
• 体念(體念) to consider somebody else's position; to put oneself in somebody else's shoes
• 概念验证(概念驗證) proof of concept
• 恋念(戀念) to have a sentimental attachment to (a place); to miss (one's ancestral home etc); to be nostalgic about
• 念诵(念誦) to read out; to recite
• 唱念 to recite loudly; to sing out
• 纪念章(紀念章) memorial badge; souvenir badge
• 邪念 wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire
• 思念 to think of; to long for; to miss
• 窃念(竊念) in my humble opinion
• 强迫观念(強迫觀念) compelling notion; obsession
• 怀念(懷念) to cherish the memory of; to think of
• 纪念品(紀念品) a souvenir; memento
• 上位概念(上位概念) superordinate concept
• 感念 to recall fondly; to remember with emotion
• 纪念塔(紀念塔) a commemorative oblisk
• 殊深轸念(殊深軫念) extreme solicitude; expressing the deepest condolences; to feel deeply concerned
• 残念(殘念) to regret; what a pity!
• 念书(念書) to read; to study
• 纪念奖(紀念獎) trophy
• 惦念 to constantly have on one's mind

Also contained in

人民英雄纪念碑 、 数珠念佛 、 中正纪念堂

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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
• 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
• 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
• 上念 (上念) 上念諸儒及方士言封禪人人殊 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — 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
• 罔念 (罔念) 王惟庸罔念聞 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 3