數念
Chinese
number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly |
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. (數念) | 數 | 念 | |
| simp. (数念) | 数 | 念 | |
| alternative forms | 賬念／账念 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-liām
- Tâi-lô: siàu-liām
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaoliam
- IPA (Tong'an): /siau¹¹²⁻⁴² liam²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ liam³³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/
- IPA (Singapore): /siau²¹⁻⁴² liam²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ liam³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siao3 niam7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàu niām
- Sinological IPA (key): /siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ niam¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Verb
數念
- (Southern Min) to keep thinking about; to remember with longing
Synonyms
- 干掛 (Puxian Min)
- 心念 (Hokkien)
- 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 惦念 (diànniàn)
- 惦記 / 惦记 (diànjì)
- 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 掛念 / 挂念 (guàniàn)
- 掛意 / 挂意 (guàyì)
- 掛記 / 挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
- 牽掛 / 牵挂 (qiānguà)
- 眷懷 / 眷怀 (juànhuái) (literary)
- 眷注 (juànzhù) (literary)
- 眷顧 / 眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
- 記掛 / 记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
- 顧念 / 顾念 (gùniàn)
Dialectal synonyms of 想念 (“to miss; to think of; to yearn for”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 想念, 想 |
| Singapore | 想念, 想 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 算 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 掛住, 掛望 |
| Hong Kong | 掛住 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 掛住 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 數念, 心念 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 數念 | |
| 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 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 思念 | |
| Wenchang | 想念 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 算, 干掛 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 算, 念, 干掛 | |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 干掛 | |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 干掛 | |
| Xianyou | 算, 干掛 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 算, 干掛 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 算, 干掛 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary |
| Suzhou | 牽記 | |
| Ningbo | 忖 | |
| Jinhua | 想, 忖 | |
References
- “數念”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.