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, POJ): siàu-liām

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-liām
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaoliam
    • 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/

Verb

數念

1. (Southern Min) to keep thinking about; to remember with longing

Synonyms

• 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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念
Mandarin	Taiwan	想念, 想
	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

References

• “Entry #11156”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.