懸念

See also: 悬念

Chinese

		hang; suspend	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (懸念)		懸	念
simp. (悬念)		悬	念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ nim⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-liām / soân-liām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-nien⁴
    • Yale: sywán-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanniann
    • Palladius: сюаньнянь (sjuanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ nim⁶
    • Yale: yùhn nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ niːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-liām
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienliam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² liam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² liam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-liām
    • Tâi-lô: suân-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soanliam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² liam⁴¹/

Noun

懸念

1. suspense (anticipation regarding the outcome of a book, film etc., or apprehension in an uncertain situation generally)

Verb

懸念

1. (formal) to be concerned about (especially someone's welfare)

Synonyms

• 心念 (Hokkien)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惦念 (diànniàn)
• 惦記／惦记 (diànjì)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想／悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 掛念／挂念 (guàniàn)
• 掛意／挂意 (guàyì)
• 掛記／挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
• 數念／数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
• 牽掛／牵挂 (qiānguà)
• 眷顧／眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
• 記掛／记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
• 顧念／顾念 (gùniàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懸	念
け Grade: S	ねん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けねん [kènéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) け​ねん [kéꜜnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞nẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

懸(け)念(ねん) • (kenen) ^{←けねん (kenen)?}

1. worry, concern

   核戦争(かくせんそう)の懸念(けねん)

   kakusensō no kenen

   concern about nuclear war

Verb

懸(け)念(ねん)する • (kenen suru) ^{←けねん (kenen)?}suru (stem 懸(け)念(ねん)し (kenen shi), past 懸(け)念(ねん)した (kenen shita))

1. to worry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "懸念する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	懸念し	けねんし	kenen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	懸念し	けねんし	kenen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	懸念する	けねんする	kenen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	懸念する	けねんする	kenen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	懸念すれ	けねんすれ	kenen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	懸念せよ¹ 懸念しろ²	けねんせよ¹ けねんしろ²	kenen seyo¹ kenen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	懸念される	けねんされる	kenen sareru
Causative	懸念させる 懸念さす	けねんさせる けねんさす	kenen saseru kenen sasu
Potential	懸念できる	けねんできる	kenen dekiru
Volitional	懸念しよう	けねんしよう	kenen shiyō
Negative	懸念しない	けねんしない	kenen shinai
Negative continuative	懸念せず	けねんせず	kenen sezu
Formal	懸念します	けねんします	kenen shimasu
Perfective	懸念した	けねんした	kenen shita
Conjunctive	懸念して	けねんして	kenen shite
Hypothetical conditional	懸念すれば	けねんすれば	kenen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
懸	念

Noun

懸念 • (hyeonnyeom) (hangeul 현념)

1. Hanja form^? of 현념.