| niàn | to read/to study (a degree course)/to read aloud/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20) |
| 念 | to read to study (a degree course) to read aloud |
| 念书 | read study |
| 念佛 | to pray to Buddha to chant the names of Buddha |
| 念叨 | to talk about often to discuss to reminisce about |
| 念咒 | execration; incantation; chanting; casting a spell |
| 念头 | thought idea intention |
| 念学位 | to study for a degree to take a degree course |
| 念念不忘 | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) |
| 念念有词 | to mumble to mutter to oneself |
| 念日 | memorial day commemoration day |
| 念旧 | to remember old friends to cherish old friendships for old time's sake |
| 念物 | souvenir; keepsake; memento |
| 念珠 | prayer beads |
| 念珠串 | a bead roll |
| 念珠球菌病 | [Medicine] moniliasis |
| 念珠藻 | [Botany] nostoc |
| 念白 | spoken parts of a Chinese opera; speak |
| 念经 | recite or chant Buddhist scripture |
| 念诵 | to read out to recite to remember sb (while talking about sth else) |
| 念道 | Usually written as "念叨". |