HSK 3 · Time & Pace

念

niàn

to read aloud; to study

Stroke order of 念

念 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Now 今 over a heart 心: thinking, reading.

Parts: 今 now + 心 heart

Example sentence

请你念一下这个句子。

Please read this sentence aloud.

Words with 念

观念concept; notion 概念concept 纪念to commemorate; souvenir

More words: Time & Pace

目前at present; currently 将来future; in the future 现代modern times; modern 前后around; from start to end 年纪age 速度speed 步step; pace 散步to take a walk 超级super 如何how 按照according to 被by (passive marker); quilt 连even; to connect 台platform; (measure word for machines)

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