念頭

See also: 念头

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	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (念頭)		念	頭
simp. (念头)		念	头
alternative forms		癮頭／瘾头 (Wu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niàntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nim⁶ tau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): niam⁵ heu³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiam-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiam⁴ têu²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-thâu / liām-thiô
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gni-deu₆ / ²gnie₆-deu₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niàntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niànto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: nyàn-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann.tou
    • Palladius: няньтоу (njanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: nihm tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: niam⁵ heu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiam³² heu²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiam-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiam teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiam⁴ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: liām-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmtaau
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liam³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: liām-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmtiooi
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-deu₆
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-deu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² dɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²gnie₆-deu₂
    • MiniDict: nye^去 deu^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲɪ²² døy³³/

Noun

念頭

1. idea; thought; intention
2. (Northern Wu) craving; addiction; desire

   其香煙念頭交關大，一日要吃兩包。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
   其香烟念头交关大，一日要吃两包。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

   He has a severe smoking addiction; he has to smoke two packs a day.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• (Wu) 煞念頭 / 煞念头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
念	頭
ねん Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんとー [nèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

念(ねん)頭(とう) • (nentō) 

1. mind
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 15, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

     私(わたくし)はそれを念(ねん)頭(とう)に浮(うか)べてさえすでに一(いっ)種(しゅ)の不(ふ)愉(ゆ)快(かい)を感(かん)じました。

     Watakushi wa sore o nentō ni ukabete sae sude ni isshu no fuyukai o kanjimashita.

     Even just having that appear in my mind I felt a kind of unpleasantness.

Derived terms

• 念頭(ねんとう)に置(お)く (nentō ni oku, “to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind”)

References

• “念頭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026