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HSK
concept / idea / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions
HSK 3
to commemorate; to honor the memory of / memento; keepsake; souvenir
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *念* | 念* | *念
variant of , to read aloud
HSK 3
to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
HSK 4
to cherish the memory of / to think of / to reminisce
HSK 4
faith / belief / conviction
HSK 5
idea / concept / philosophy / theory
HSK 7-9
to grieve
HSK 7-9
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
HSK 7-9
to keep as a souvenir / to recall fondly
HSK 7-9
suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare
HSK 7-9
distracting thoughts
to care for / to worry about
wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire
desire
(idiom) to constantly think about; to be preoccupied with; to set one's heart on
to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
to recall fondly / to remember with emotion
wild fantasy / unwarranted thought
(coll.) to regret / what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
to think fondly of
to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
to recollect
idea / thought
sudden idea / flash of thought
to pray / to say one's prayers
see 念叨
obsession (CL:) / (when followed by 於|于) to be obsessive (about)
to consider sb else's position / to put oneself in sb else's shoes
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
basic concept
variant of 紀念|纪念
doubt
to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
(literary) to be reassured / not to worry
lust
pitiable / likable / memorable
superordinate concept
sudden idea / flash of insight
artificial concept
memorial
(of a waiter) to call out (a customer's order to the kitchen)
(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me)
compelling notion / obsession
to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about
to enumerate one by one
Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician
extreme solicitude (idiom); expressing the deepest condolences / to feel deeply concerned
(literary) to ponder
absolute idea (in Hegel's philosophy)
improper idea


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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