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正念
zhèngniàn
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English Definitioncorrect mindfulness (Buddhism)
Simplified Script正念
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinzhèngniàn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄓㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zing3nim6
Word Decomposition
正zhèngstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (somebody) a tongue-lashing (CL:顿); to miss (somebody); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
正常zhèngchángregular; normal; ordinary
正式zhèngshìformal; official
正好zhènghǎojust (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
正确zhèngquècorrect; proper
正面zhèngmiànfront; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
Words With Same Tail Word    
概念gàiniànconcept; idea
观念guānniànnotion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
纪念jìniànto commemorate; to remember
怀念huáiniànto cherish the memory of; to think of; reminisce
想念xiǎngniànto miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again
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