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

• 念叨 to talk about often; to reminisce about; to keep repeating; to keep harping on; to discuss
• 可念 pitiable; likable; memorable
• 留念 to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
• 家家有本难念的经(家家有本難念的經) Every family goes through its problems.
• 纪念物(紀念物) a memento
• 纪念币(紀念幣) a commemorative coin
• 数念(數念) to enumerate one by one
• 垂念 to care and consideration for
• 上位概念(上位概念) superordinate concept
• 纪念日(紀念日) day of commemoration; memorial day
• 念念不忘 to keep in mind constantly
• 阵亡战士纪念日(陣亡戰士紀念日) Memorial Day (American holiday)
• 歧念 conflicting intentions; improper thoughts
• 观念(觀念) idea; notion; thought ; point of view ; perception
• 纪念会(紀念會) a memorial service
• 唱念 to recite loudly; to sing out
• 概念依存模型 conceptual dependency model
• 念经(念經) to chant a scripture
• 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)
• 纪念章(紀念章) memorial badge; souvenir badge
• 邪念 wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire
• 亡兵纪念日(亡兵紀念日) Memorial Day (American holiday)
• 理念 idea; concept; philosophy; theory
• 纪念信封(紀念信封) a commemorative envelope
• 念书(念書) to read; to study
• 念念有词(念念有詞) to mumble; to mutter to oneself
• 念诵(念誦) to read out; to recite
• 思念 to think of; to long for; to miss
• 挂念(掛念) to be concerned; to miss
• 食不念饱(食不念飽) with regard to food, use restraint
• 一念之差 momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action
• 窃念(竊念) in my humble opinion
• 概念驱动加工(概念驅動加工) concept-driven processing
• 非分之念 improper idea
• 尘念(塵念) worldly thoughts [of desire]
• 默念 o read in silence; to contemplate inwardly
• 念日 memorial day; commemoration day
• 悼念 to grieve; to mourn
• 意念移物 telekinesis
• 闪念(閃念) sudden idea; flash of thought
• 转念(轉念) to have second thoughts about; to think better of
• 俯念 consider my position ; to lower one's head in remembrance
• 怀念(懷念) to cherish the memory of; to think of
• 受难纪念(受難紀念) memorial
• 私念 selfish thoughts ; an idea
• 牵念(牽念) to recall fondly
• 念学位(念學位) to study for a degree; to take a degree course

Also contained in

人民英雄纪念碑 、 京都念慈菴 、 国父纪念馆 、 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
• 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 15
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 念作 (念作) 惟聖罔念作狂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多方 Zhou Shu - Numerous Regions — 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
• 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