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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
niàn - to read
- to study (a subject)
- to attend (a school)
- to read aloud
- to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4])
- to miss (sb)
- idea
- remembrance
- twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
niàn - variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 2,008 2,814 1,459

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To keep the present 今 in mind 心

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
想念 5 4 1,786 4,393 1,381
5 3 2,008 2,814 1,459
纪念 5 3 2,882 2,802 2,557
怀念 5 4 3,548 3,788 1,239
信念 6 5 4,521 6,246 4,913
念头 - 7 5,016 6,703 6,699
概念 5 3 5,101 1,825 3,087
纪念日 - 7 5,697 12,601 8,720
纪念品 - - 6,676 15,747 16,394
观念 5 3 7,167 1,951 5,383
理念 - 7 7,407 2,332 5,373
思念 6 7 8,501 5,430 2,011
念书 - 8 11,104 20,876 15,527
意念 - - 11,168 20,865 16,414
悼念 - 8 12,520 16,122 14,359
纪念碑 - 8 13,115 15,736 23,509
悬念 6 8 13,332 9,304 11,471
念叨 - - 13,963 21,355 13,920
挂念 - 8 14,112 23,266 10,981
念念不忘 - 8 15,507 17,501 8,783
纪念馆 - 8 17,542 13,723 23,895
杂念 - - 17,687 33,962 19,093
留念 6 9 25,959 13,821 9,573
纪念册 - - 26,765 51,960 36,598
念珠 - - 27,266 29,502 39,112
纪念堂 - - 28,694 45,334 48,948
邪念 - - 28,747 48,250 34,788
转念 - - 28,803 27,458 29,379
念经 - - 34,099 38,178 22,554
欲念 - - 34,911 54,814 39,975
念咒 - - 38,447 - -
纪念章 - - 38,701 34,146 50,455
惦念 - - 39,363 39,168 21,490
万念俱灰 - - 43,782 52,418 35,094
一念之差 - - 43,847 52,621 30,488
念旧 - - 45,328 41,464 18,477
念诵 - - 48,160 70,311 46,909
记念 - - 49,001 54,587 24,751
纪念邮票 - - 50,692 - -
叨念 - - 53,894 85,548 63,783
纪念奖 - - 54,174 64,995 61,935
念念有词 - - 61,332 49,219 49,689
概念化 - - 64,921 52,787 72,853
感念 - - 66,020 52,578 37,609
眷念 - - 81,754 68,877 37,533
顾念 - - 90,211 77,645 61,431