想念

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	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. (想念)		想	念
simp. #(想念)		想	念
anagram		念想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² nim⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sióng-ngiam

  (Hailu, HRS): siong^ˊ ngiam^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): suōng-niêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siūⁿ-liām / siǔⁿ-liām / siōⁿ-liām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁶ niam⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shian-gnie

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-nien⁴
    • Yale: syǎng-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangniann
    • Palladius: сяннянь (sjannjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² nim⁶
    • Yale: séung nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ niːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng-ngiam
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˋ ngiam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong³ ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹ ŋi̯am⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: siong^ˊ ngiam^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /sioŋ²⁴⁻³³ ŋiam³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: suōng-niêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ nˡiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ-liām
    • Tâi-lô: siūnn-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuxliam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ³³⁻²¹ liam³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siũ³³⁻¹¹ liam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siũ²²⁻²¹ liam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǔⁿ-liām
    • Tâi-lô: siǔnn-liām
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siũ²² liam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōⁿ-liām
    • Tâi-lô: siōnn-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioixliam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ liam²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁶ niam⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŏⁿ niăm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ niam³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shian-gnie
    • MiniDict: shian^去 nyae
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xian-nyie
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã³³ n̠ʲie⁴⁴/

Verb

想念

1. to miss; to think of; to yearn for; to reminisce

Synonyms

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• 念想 (niànxiǎng)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思念 (sīniàn)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
• 憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
• 懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
• 懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
• 相思 (xiāngsī)
• 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
• 眷戀 / 眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	想念, 想
	Singapore	想念, 想
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	算
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掛住, 掛望
	Hong Kong	掛住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	掛住
Southern Min	Xiamen	數念, 心念
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	數念
	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
	Singapore (Teochew)	思念
	Wenchang	想念
Puxian Min	Putian	算, 干掛
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	算, 念, 干掛
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	干掛
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	干掛
	Xianyou	算, 干掛
	Xianyou (Fengting)	算, 干掛
	Xianyou (Youyang)	算, 干掛
Wu	Shanghai	想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary
	Suzhou	牽記
	Ningbo	忖
	Jinhua	想, 忖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
想	念
そう Grade: 3	ねん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーねん [sóꜜònèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) そーねん [sòónéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

想(そう)念(ねん) • (sōnen) ^{←さうねん (saunen)?}

1. idea, thought

Korean

Hanja in this term
想	念

Noun

想念 • (sangnyeom) (hangeul 상념)

1. hanja form^? of 상념 (“idea, thought”)