想念

Chinese edit

	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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎngniàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² nim⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-ngiam
Eastern Min (BUC): suōng-niêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siūⁿ-liām / siǔⁿ-liām / siōⁿ-liām

(Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁶ niam⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵shian-gnie

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng-ngiam
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong` ngiam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong³ ngiam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹ ŋi̯am⁵⁵/
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
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shian-gnie
  - MiniDict: shian^去 nyae
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xian-nyie
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã³³ n̠ʲie⁴⁴/

Verb edit

想念

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

Synonyms edit

念想 (niànxiǎng)
思 (literary, or in compounds)
思念 (sīniàn)
思慕 (sīmù)
思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
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
Mandarin	Taiwan	想念, 想
Mandarin	Singapore	想念, 想
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掛住, 掛望
	Hong Kong	掛住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	掛住
Southern Min	Xiamen	數念, 心念
	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
	Wenchang	想念
Wu	Shanghai	想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary
	Suzhou	牽記
	Ningbo	忖
	Jinhua	想, 忖

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation edit

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [so̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

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

idea, thought

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
想	念

Noun edit

想念 • (sangnyeom) (hangeul 상념)

Hanja form^? of 상념 (“idea, thought”).