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想念

xiǎng niàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

想念 (xiǎng niàn) means "to miss (someone)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 想念 means

1. to miss
2. to remember with longing
3. to long to see again

The characters in 想念

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 我想念你。
  I miss you.
• 我想念他。
  I miss him.
• 我好想念你。
  I miss you.
• 我想念他们。
  I miss them.
• 我想念大学。
  I miss college.
• 我多么想念你！
  How I've missed you!

Where 想念 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Hope, Longing & Pursuit (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 xiǎng niàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.