眷念

Chinese

		concern; wife and children	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. (眷念)		眷	念
simp. #(眷念)		眷	念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juànniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³ nim⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn-liām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juànniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuànniàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-nien⁴
    • Yale: jywàn-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuannniann
    • Palladius: цзюаньнянь (czjuanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun³ nim⁶
    • Yale: gyun nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³ nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³ nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³ niːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-liām
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarnliam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/

Verb

眷念

1. (formal) to think fondly of; to feel nostalgic about

Synonyms

• 念想 (niànxiǎng)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思念 (sīniàn)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
• 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
• 懷／怀 (huái) (literary)
• 懷念／怀念 (huáiniàn)
• 懷想／怀想 (huáixiǎng)
• 相思 (xiāngsī)
• 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)