念书
niànshū
to study, to attend school
Characters in this word
书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她小时候在乡下念书，后来靠奖学金去了省城。 Tā xiǎo shíhou zài xiāngxià niànshū, hòulái kào jiǎngxuéjīn qù le shěngchéng. She attended school in the countryside as a child, and later went to the provincial capital on a scholarship.
- 他白天打工，晚上念书，一点也不轻松。 Tā báitiān dǎgōng, wǎnshang niànshū, yìdiǎn yě bù qīngsōng. He works during the day and studies in the evening, and it is not easy at all.
- 我弟弟在外地念书，只有放假才回家。 Wǒ dìdi zài wàidì niànshū, zhǐyǒu fàngjià cái huí jiā. My younger brother studies away from home and only comes back during the holidays.
Related words
- 概念 gàiniàn concept
- 观念 guānniàn idea; viewpoint
- 纪念 jìniàn to remember and honor
- 念 niàn to read aloud
- 怀念 huáiniàn to miss; to long for
- 想念 xiǎngniàn to miss someone
- 信念 xìnniàn belief
- 理念 lǐniàn idea, concept
- 思念 sīniàn to miss, to long for
- 悼念 dàoniàn to mourn; to commemorate
- 挂念 guàniàn to miss; to worry about
- 纪念碑 jìniànbēi monument; memorial