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怀念

huái niàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 懷念

怀念 (huái niàn) means "to miss, cherish the memory of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 怀念 means

1. to cherish the memory of
2. to think of
3. to reminisce

The characters in 怀念

• 怀huáibosom; heart; mind
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 好怀念啊。
  Ah, that reminds me of the old days!
• 他怀念波士顿。
  He misses Boston.
• 我很怀念我的童年。
  Wǒ hěn huáiniàn wǒ de tóngnián.
  I think fondly of my childhood.
• 她怀念自己的青春岁月。
  She pines for the days of her youth.
• 住在城市里最让我怀念的，是夜晚的星空。
  Zhù zài chéngshì lǐ zuì ràng wǒ huáiniàn de, shì yèwǎn de xīngkōng.
  Living in the city makes me miss starry night skies the most.
• 在怀念旧日时光的时刻，我们可能往往想起童年像是有着几乎完整幸福的一段时期。
  Zài huáiniàn jiùrì shíguāng de shíkè, wǒmen kěnéng wǎngwǎng xiǎngqǐ tóngnián xiàng shì yǒuzhe jīhū wánzhěng xìngfú de yī duàn shíqī.
  In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.

Where 怀念 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Love, Care & Compassion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huái niàn correctly.
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