心念

Chinese

		heart; mind	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. (心念)		心	念
simp. #(心念)		心	念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-liām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-nien⁴
    • Yale: syīn-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinniann
    • Palladius: синьнянь (sinʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-liām
    • Tâi-lô: sim-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simliam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² liam²²/

Noun

心念

1. idea; intention; thought

Synonyms

• 主意
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 念頭／念头 (niàntou)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 意念 (yìniàn)
• 想法
• 想頭／想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)
• 諗法／谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)

 

Verb

心念

1. (Southern Min) to cherish the memory of; to miss; to long for

Synonyms

• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惦念 (diànniàn)
• 惦記／惦记 (diànjì)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸念／悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
• 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)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 想念 (“to miss; to think of; to yearn for”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念
Mandarin	Taiwan	想念, 想
	Singapore	想念, 想
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掛住, 掛望
	Hong Kong	掛住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	掛住
Southern Min	Xiamen	數念, 心念
	Quanzhou	數念, 心念
	Zhangzhou	數念, 心念
	Tainan	想, 數念, 思念
	Penang (Hokkien)	數念
	Singapore (Hokkien)	數念
	Manila (Hokkien)	數念
	Wenchang	想念
Wu	Shanghai	想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary
	Suzhou	牽記
	Ningbo	忖
	Jinhua	想, 忖