念經

See also: 念经

Chinese

		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	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (念經/唸經)		念/唸	經
simp. (念经)		念	经

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niànjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nim⁶ ging¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): niam⁵ gen¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyien⁵ jin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiam-kîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiam⁴ gin¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): nie³ jing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): nāng-géng
• Eastern Min (BUC): nâing-gĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liām-keng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liam⁷ gêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnie-cin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyienn⁵ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niànjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niànjing
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: nyàn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niannjing
    • Palladius: няньцзин (njanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim⁶ ging¹
    • Yale: nihm gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² kɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: niam⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiam³² ken³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyien⁵ jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiɛn¹¹ t͡ɕin⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiam-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiam gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam⁴ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am⁵⁵ kin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiam⁴ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiam⁵³ kin⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: nie³ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /nie⁴⁵ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nāng-géng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵ keiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nâing-gĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-keng
    • Tâi-lô: liām-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liam³³⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam³³⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liam⁷ gêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liām keng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liam¹¹ keŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnie-cin
    • MiniDict: nyae^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyie-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲie²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyienn⁵ jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

Verb

念經

1. (Buddhism) to chant or recite sutras
2. (figurative) to keep harping on; to speak or sing in a repetitive and monotone manner
3. (dialectal, of a cat) to purr

Derived terms

• 不聽不聽，王八念經／不听不听，王八念经
• 小和尚念經——有口無心／小和尚念经——有口无心 (xiǎo héshàng niànjīng, yóu kǒu wú xīn)
• 遠來的和尚會念經／远来的和尚会念经

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: liam keng