念 niàn

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Traditional form

念 niàn

Contains the radical

心 xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To keep the present 今 jīn in mind 心 xīn

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱今心

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 心 xīn represents the meaning and 今 jīn represents the sound.

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 念 niàn in different contexts.

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正是 zhèng shì 他 tā 对 duì 这些 zhè xiē 事物 shìwù 的 de 思念 sīniàn ,足以 zúyǐ 使 shǐ 任何 rènhé 苦痛 kǔ tòng 变甜, 足以 zúyǐ 医 yī 好 hǎo 任何 rènhé 创伤 chuāng shāng .

The very thought of these things was sufficient to sweeten any bitterness, and heal any wound.

念 niàn 到 dào 这 zhè 一 yī 页 yè 底下 dǐ xia 停止 tíng zhǐ .

Go down to the bottom of the page and then stop.

多数 duō shù 老 lǎo 华侨 Huáqiáo 深深 shēn shēn 怀念 huáiniàn 祖国 zǔguó .

Most old overseas Chinese keep in the depth of their souls a longing for their motherland.

牧师 mù shī 规戒 guī jiè 人们 rén men 勿 wù 起 qǐ 邪念 xié niàn .

The minister preached against evil.

别 Bié 老 lǎo 惦念 diàn niàn 着 zhāo 孩子 háizi 们 men , 他们 tā men 已经 yǐjīng 长大 zhǎng dà ,自己 zìjǐ 会 huì 照顾 zhàogu 自己 zìjǐ 了 le .

Don't worry yourself about the children. They're old enough to take good care of themselves.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 念 niàn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
念 niàn	to read	念 niàn
想念 xiǎngniàn	to miss	想念 xiǎngniàn
概念 gàiniàn	concept	概念 gàiniàn
纪念 jìniàn	to commemorate	紀念
观念 guānniàn	notion	觀念
怀念 huáiniàn	to think of	懷念
理念 lǐ niàn	idea	理念 lǐ niàn
信念 xìnniàn	faith	信念 xìnniàn
念头 niàn tou	thought	念頭
思念 sīniàn	to think of	思念 sīniàn
纪念日 jì niàn rì	memorial day	紀念日
纪念品 jì niàn pǐn	souvenir	紀念品
悬念 xuánniàn	concern for sb's welfare	懸念
悼念 dào niàn	to grieve	悼念 dào niàn
念书 niàn shū	to read	念書
意念 yì niàn	idea	意念 yì niàn
纪念碑 jì niàn bēi	monument	紀念碑
纪念馆 jì niàn guǎn	memorial hall	紀念館
念念不忘 niàn niàn bù wàng	to keep in mind constantly (idiom)	念念不忘 niàn niàn bù wàng
念叨 niàn dao	to talk about often	念叨 niàn dao
挂念 guà niàn	concerned	掛念
留念 liúniàn	to recall fondly	留念 liúniàn
杂念 zá niàn	distracting thoughts	雜念
转念 zhuǎn niàn	to think better of	轉念
念珠 niàn zhū	rosary	念珠 niàn zhū