Long for in Chinese
to long for · HSK 5
想念
- 想 to think
- 念 to read aloud
我很想念我的家人。 I really miss my family.
Other ways to say long for
More words with 想 or 念
How do you say long for in Chinese?
Long for in Chinese is 想念 (xiǎng niàn). You can also say 渴望 (kě wàng), 思念 (sī niàn), 梦想 (mèng xiǎng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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