念書

See also: 念书 and 唸書

Chinese

		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	book; letter
trad. (念書/唸書)		念/唸	書
simp. (念书)		念	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niànshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyian⁴ su¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim⁶ syu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): nyien⁵ xy¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): nie³ su¹
• Northern Min (KCR): nāng-sṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-chir / liām-su / liām-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niànshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niànshu
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: nyàn-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niannshu
    • Palladius: няньшу (njanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyian⁴ su¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niansu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiɛn²¹³ su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim⁶ syu¹
    • Yale: nihm syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² syː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyien⁵ xy¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiɛn¹¹ ɕy⁴²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: nie³ su¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /nie⁴⁵ su¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nāng-sṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵ sy⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-chir
    • Tâi-lô: liām-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-su
    • Tâi-lô: liām-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-si
    • Tâi-lô: liām-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/

Verb

念書

1. to study; to go to school
2. to read (books)

Synonyms

• (to study): 學習／学习 (xuéxí)

Dialectal synonyms of 念書 (“to study”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		念書, 讀書
Mandarin	Taiwan	讀書, 念書
	Harbin	念書
	Yantai (Muping)	念書
	Jinan	讀書, 念書
	Luoyang	讀書, 念書
	Wanrong	念書
	Xi'an	念書
	Yinchuan	念書
	Lanzhou	念書
	Xining	讀書, 念書
	Wuhan	讀書
	Chengdu	讀書, 念書
	Guiyang	讀書
	Guilin	讀書
	Liuzhou	讀書
	Xuzhou	讀書
	Yangzhou	念書
	Nanjing	念書, 讀書
	Malaysia	讀書
	Singapore	讀書
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讀書
	Hong Kong	讀書
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	讀書
	Macau	讀書
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	讀書
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	讀書
	Foshan	讀書
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	讀書
	Foshan (Shunde)	讀書
	Foshan (Sanshui)	讀書
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	念書
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	讀書
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	讀書
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	讀書
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	讀書
	Taishan	讀書
	Kaiping (Chikan)	讀書
	Enping (Niujiang)	讀書
	Heshan (Yayao)	讀書
	Dongguan	讀書
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	讀書
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	讀書
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讀書
Gan	Nanchang	念書, 讀書
	Lichuan	念書
	Pingxiang	讀書
Hakka	Meixian	讀書
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	讀書
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	讀書
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	讀書
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	讀書
	Conghua (Lütian)	讀書
	Yudu	讀書
Huizhou	Jixi	念書
Jin	Taiyuan	念書
	Xinzhou	念書
Northern Min	Jian'ou	念書
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	讀書
Southern Min	Xiamen	讀冊
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	讀書
	Quanzhou	讀冊
	Jinjiang	讀冊
	Zhangzhou	讀冊
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	讀冊
	Zhao'an	讀冊
	Dongshan	讀冊
	Taipei	讀書
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	讀書
	Kaohsiung	讀冊
	Yilan	讀冊
	Changhua (Lukang)	讀書
	Taichung	讀冊
	Tainan	讀冊
	Hsinchu	讀書
	Kinmen	讀書
	Penghu (Magong)	讀書
	Penang (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Manila (Hokkien)	讀冊
	Chaozhou	讀書
	Shantou	讀書
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	讀書
	Jieyang	讀書
	Haifeng	讀冊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	讀書
	Singapore (Teochew)	讀書
	Wenchang	讀書
	Haikou	讀書
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	念書
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	讀書
Wu	Shanghai	讀書
	Shanghai (Chongming)	念書
	Suzhou	讀書
	Danyang	念書
	Hangzhou	讀書
	Ningbo	讀書
	Wenzhou	讀書
	Jinhua	讀書
Xiang	Loudi	讀書

• (to read): 讀書／读书 (dúshū)

Derived terms

• 念書人／念书人