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念

niàn · nian

Traditional 唸

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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niàn 念

  1. to read
  2. to study (a subject)
  3. to attend (a school)
  4. to read aloud
  5. to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓 / 顿 (dùn))
  6. to miss (sb)
  7. idea
  8. remembrance
  9. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 (niàn))

niàn 唸

  1. variant of 念 (niàn), to read aloud

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)连(lián)字(zì)都(dōu)不(bú)会(huì)念(niàn)，更(gèng)别(bié)说(shuō)写(xiě)了(le)。

He can't even read, let alone write.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)为(wèi)她(tā)重(chóng)复(fù)念(niàn)这(zhè)个(ge)字(zì)很(hěn)多(duō)遍(biàn)。

I repeated the word several times for her.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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