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掛念

掛念

See also: 挂念

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (掛念)		掛	念
simp. (挂念)		挂	念

Verb

掛念

to worry; to be concerned; to miss somebody

我現在身在他鄉，非常掛念家人。 [MSC, trad.]

我现在身在他乡，非常挂念家人。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ xiànzài shēn zài tāxiāng, fēicháng guàniàn jiārén. [Pinyin]

I'm away from home, and miss my family terribly.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guàniàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ nim⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koa-ngiam
Min Nan (POJ): khòa-liām / kòa-liām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàniàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahniann
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa³ nim⁶
  - Yale: gwa nihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ nim⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː³³ niːm²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koa-ngiam
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua ngiam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gua⁴ ngiam⁴
  - IPA: /ku̯a⁵⁵ ɲi̯am⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa-liām / kòa-liām
  - Tâi-lô: khuà-liām / kuà-liām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoarliam, koarliam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/, /kua²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁴¹/, /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/, /kua²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ liam³³/, /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ liam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ liam³³/, /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ liam³³/