念頭

See also: 念头

Chinese

	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	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (念頭)	念	頭
simp. (念头)	念	头
alternative forms	癮頭／瘾头 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niàntou

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nim⁶ tau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): niam⁵ heu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngiam-thèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngiam⁴ têu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-thâu / liām-thiô
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gni-deu₆ / ²gnie₆-deu₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niàntou
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niànto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: nien⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: nyàn-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann.tou
  - Palladius: няньтоу (njanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nim⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: nihm tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nim⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: niam⁵ heu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiam³² heu²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiam-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiam teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngiam⁴ têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋiam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: liām-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmtaau
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liam³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liam²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: liām-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmtiooi
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-deu₆
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-deu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² dɤ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²gnie₆-deu₂
  - MiniDict: nye^去 deu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲɪ²² døy³³/

Noun

念頭

idea; thought; intention
(Northern Wu) craving; addiction; desire
其香煙念頭交關大，一日要吃兩包。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
其香烟念头交关大，一日要吃两包。 [Ningbonese, simp.]
He has a severe smoking addiction; he has to smoke two packs a day.

Synonyms

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主意
心念 (xīnniàn)
心思 (xīnsī)
志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
意念 (yìniàn)
想法
想頭 / 想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
理念 (lǐniàn)
算法 (Puxian Min)
諗法 / 谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
點子 / 点子 (diǎnzi)

Derived terms

(Wu) 煞念頭 / 煞念头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
念	頭
ねん Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんとー [nèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

念(ねん)頭(とう) • (nentō)

mind
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 15, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  私(わたくし)はそれを念(ねん)頭(とう)に浮(うか)べてさえすでに一(いっ)種(しゅ)の不(ふ)愉(ゆ)快(かい)を感(かん)じました。
  Watakushi wa sore o nentō ni ukabete sae sude ni isshu no fuyukai o kanjimashita.
  Even just having that appear in my mind I felt a kind of unpleasantness.

Derived terms

念頭(ねんとう)に置(お)く (nentō ni oku, “to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“念頭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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