| 念 | 1095C35 81.72 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄋㄧㄢˋ [nian4] | ||
| N. & adj. | (1) Capital form of 廿: 念歲 twenty years old; 念五日 the twenty-fifth day. (2) A thought, an idea: esp. 念頭 [nian4tou0]↓; 貪念 greedy thought; 邪念，惡念 evil thought; 一念之差 (of mistakes) all arise from a wrong thought in the mind; 善念，慈念 kind thoughts; 萬念俱灰 (俱消) all thoughts, ambitions are blasted (vanish). (3) Care, remembrance, see V.i. & t. 2↓. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) Study, read:念書 [nian4shu1]↓; 念經 [nian4jing1]↓; 你現在念幾年級 which class are you in? 念小學 study in a primary school; 念甚麼系 which department are you studying in? (2) Remember, care, think of (all serve equally as nn.): 思念，想念，惦念，掛念，懸念 (of friends or relatives) be always thinking of one another; 追念，悼念 grieve over (s.o.’s) death; 紀念 commemorate; 存念 think of, remember; 留念 keep as a memento; 回念 recall (the past); 懷念 keep ever in mind; 不復置念 forget all about it; 念舊 remember old friends or the good old days; 念茲在茲 be ever mindful of s.t. one is resolved to do; 不念舊惡 forget and forgive old grudges; 念交情 do s.t. for the sake of friendship; 念念不忘 never forget (s.t. or s.o.) for a moment; 日中念念有辭 be mumbling some words. | |||||
| Words | 1. 念白 [nian4bai2], n., (of Chin. opera) dialogue or monologue as distinct from singing. 2. 念叨 [nian4dao0], v.t., (1) remember (s.o.) in speaking to another: 她常常念叨著你 she often remembers you in our talks; (2) grumble: 他老是在那裡念念叨叨 he is always grumbling. 3. 念法 [nian4fa3], n., (1) pronunciation:這個字怎麼念法 how is this word pronounced? (2) method of studying. 4. 念佛 [nian4fo2], v.t., chant Buddhist scriptures or say prayers to Buddha. 5. 念經 [nian4jing1], v.t., chant Buddhist scriptures (also wr. 唸). 6. 念咒 [nian4zhou4], v.t., utter charms to exorcise demons (also wr. 唸). 7. 念珠 [nian4zhu1], n. & v.t., (tell) beads. 8. 念心兒 [nian4xie0er0], n., souvenir, also called 念信，念想. 9. 念書 [nian4shu1], v.i. & t., (1) study or read; (2) study in school; (3) (in a gen. sense) receive an education: 念書有什麼用 what's the use of an education? 10. 念誦 [nian4song4], v.t., (1) remember (s.o.) in speaking to another: 老太太正念誦著你吶 the old lady is always mentioning you in our talks; (2) read (s.t.) aloud, also wr. 唸. 11. 念頭 [nian4tou0], n., idea, thought, what one is thinking of at any given moment, often evil thought: 不知他有什麼念頭 I don't know what are his intentions: 轉念頭 try to win the favors of s.o. (esp. of a woman). 12. 念秧 [nian4yang1], n., (coll. north China) a fraud or deception. 13. 念央兒 [nian4yang1er0], v.i., beat about the bush. | |||||