懷念

See also: 怀念

Chinese

		to think of; to cherish; mind to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom	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. (懷念)		懷	念
simp. (怀念)		怀	念

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huáiniàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ nim⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huei² nieng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi-liām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huáiniàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáiniàn
  - Wade–Giles: huai²-nien⁴
  - Yale: hwái-nyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwainiann
  - Palladius: хуайнянь (xuajnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waai⁴ nim⁶
  - Yale: wàaih nihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ nim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ nim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ niːm²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huei² nieng⁵ [Phonetic: huei⁴ nieng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huái-niāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei¹³⁻⁴² niɛŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huei² nieng⁵ [Phonetic: huei⁴ nieng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei²⁴⁻⁴² niɛŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi-liām
  - Tâi-lô: huâi-liām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoailiam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² liam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² liam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² liam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ liam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³⁻³³ liam³³/

Verb

懷念

to miss; to think of; to yearn for; to reminisce
- 2007, “我懷念的”, 姚若龍 (lyrics), performed by 孫燕姿:
  
  我懷念的　是無話不說　我懷念的　是一起做夢 [MSC, trad.]
  我怀念的　是无话不说　我怀念的　是一起做梦 [MSC, simp.]
  wǒ huáiniàn de, shì wúhuàbùshuō, wǒ huáiniàn de, shì yīqǐ zuòmèng [Pinyin]
  What I miss, is being able to talk about everything;
  What I miss, is dreaming together.

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)
憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
相思 (xiāngsī)
眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
眷戀 / 眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (懷念):

→ Vietnamese: hoài niệm (懷念)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
懷	念

Noun

懷念

chữ Hán form of hoài niệm (“to reminisce, to be nostalgic”)