念

to read
to study (a subject)
to attend (a school)
to read aloud
to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (classifier: 顿 [dùn])
to miss (sb)
idea
remembrance
twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[niàn])

Measure word顿dùn

Example sentences

这个怎么念？

zhè ge zěn me niàn?

How do you say that?

这个字怎么念？

zhè ge zì zěn me niàn?

How do you read this character?

他连字都不会念，更别说写了。

tā lián zì dōu bù huì niàn, gèng bié shuō xiě le.

He can't even read, let alone write.

Appears in

想念xiǎng niànto miss 纪念jì niànto commemorate; to honor the memory of 怀念huái niànto cherish the memory of 信念xìn niànfaith 念头niàn touthought; idea; intention 概念gài niànconcept 纪念日jì niàn rìday of commemoration 纪念品jì niàn pǐnsouvenir; memento 观念guān niànnotion 理念lǐ niànidea 思念sī niànto think of 念书niàn shūto read; to study

Characters built with 念

捻niǎnto twist or nip with the fingers 鲶niánsheat 稔rěnripe grain; harvest; to know, be familiar with 谂shěnconsult carefully with, counsel 埝niànbank, dike; purtuberance from 菍niè 趝jiànto pursue; to follow up