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挂念

guà niàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 掛念

挂念 (guà niàn) means "concerned". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 挂念 means

1. to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind

The characters in 挂念

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 我很挂念你。
  Wǒ hěn guàniàn nǐ.
  I miss you very much.
• 我会永远挂念她。
  Wǒ huì yǒngyuǎn guàniàn tā.
  I'll miss her forever.

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