Chinese word dictionary

悬念

xuánniàn · suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare

Practice word

Word information

Simplified悬念

Traditional懸念

Pinyinxuánniàn

Part of speech名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

悬xuán

to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

念niàn

to think of, to recall; to study

How to learn 悬念

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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概念gàiniàn

concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]

观念guānniàn

notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions

纪念jìniàn

to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir

纪念日jìniànrì

day of commemoration; memorial day

念niàn

to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]); variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

想念xiǎngniàn

to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again