念
niàn HSK3

think of, ready

念 niàn frequency
to miss verb
to think of someone; to miss; to recall with affection

你不想念儿子吗？

nǐ bù​xiǎng niàn ér​zi ma?

Don't you miss your son?

thought noun
(bound form) a thought; an idea; an intention
to study verb
to study a subject; to attend a school or grade

你念过大学吗？

nǐ niàn guo dà​xué ma?

Did you go to college?

她三年级都念了四年。

tā sān nián​jí dōu niàn le sì nián.

She's been in third grade for four years.

to nag
to nag; to give someone a tongue-lashing; to talk about something repeatedly
surname
a Chinese surname
mindfulness
(Buddhism) to keep the mind on an object; mindfulness; to chant the name of a Buddha
instant
an instant; a moment; the briefest unit of time
念 niàn
variant 唸
to read aloud verb
to read aloud; to recite; to chant

闭上眼睛，跟我念。

bì shang yǎn​jing, gēn wǒ niàn.

Close your eyes and repeat after me.

他连字都不会念，更别说写了。

tā lián zì dōu bù​huì niàn, gèng bié​shuō xiě le.

He can't even read, let alone write.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
477th most common 444.2 per million
Movie subtitles
781st most common 160.8 per million appears in 55% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
37.7 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
44.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5FF5

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)