念 (nim6) — read out aloud; chant in Cantonese
nimˍ₆念Mandarin Pinyin: nian4
Meaning of 念
nounread out aloud; chant
nouna Chinese family name
nounspeak
nountwenty
nounstudy; attend school
nounthink of; miss; remember
noun(verb) Think of
Example Sentences with 念
有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎
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
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
seon˗₃信nimˍ₆念houˊ²好ginˉ¹堅ding6.定。
Her belief is very firm.
keoiˏ₅佢gu˗₃固sauˊ²守gauˍ₆舊gunˉ¹觀nim6.念。
He clings to old ideas.
wongˏ₅往zanˍ₆陣siˎ₄時houˊ²好waaiˎ₄懷nimˍ₆念。
I really miss those times.
Words Containing 念
紀念碑gei2 nim6 bei1
a cenotaph
記念gei3 nim6
keep thinking of; be concerned about; miss
悼念dou6 nim6
to grieve; to mourn; to lament for
乃念naai5 nim6
in light of..., considering....
掛念gwaa3 nim6
to be concerned about sb.; to worry about sb. who is away; to miss sb. | [粵]: 記掛, 掛住
念誦nim6 zung6
to recite; to read aloud [Var.] 唸誦
基本概念gei1 bun2 koi3 nim6
basic concept
觀念更新gun1 nim6 gang1 san1
the renewal of thinking
思念si1 nim6
to reminisce; to long for; to think of; to hanker for; to be nostalgic
念珠nim6 zyu1
a rosary, prayer beads [Syn.] 唸珠; 念珠串; 唸珠串
念口黃nim6 hau2 wong2
reciting a text without understanding its meaning (variant of 唸口黃)
懷念waai4 nim6
to cherish the memory of
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