心心念念

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxīnniànniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxīnniànniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsinniànniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsin¹-nien⁴-nien⁴
    • Yale: syīn-syīn-nyàn-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshinniannniann
    • Palladius: синьсиньняньнянь (sinʹsinʹnjanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/

Idiom

心心念念

1. to set one's heart on; to constantly think about; to yearn

   • 幸虧寶玉被一個黛玉纏綿住了，心心念念只惦記著黛玉，並不理論這事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     幸亏宝玉被一个黛玉缠绵住了，心心念念只惦记着黛玉，并不理论这事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Xìngkuī Bǎoyù bèi yī ge Dàiyù chánmián zhù le, xīnxīnniànniàn zhǐ diànjì zhe Dàiyù, bìng bù lǐlùn zhè shì. [Pinyin]

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