唸〔念〕 {niàn}

1. to read
2. to study (a subject)
3. to attend (a school)
4. to read aloud
5. to miss (sb)
6. idea
7. remembrance
8. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

唸書〔念书〕 nim⁶ syu¹ {niàn shū}

to study

唸口簧 nim⁶ hau² wong⁴ {niàn kǒu huáng}

to recite dully; to recite a text without understanding the meaning

唸口黃〔--黄〕 nim⁶ hau² wong⁴ {niàn kǒu huáng}

to recite dully; to recite a text without understanding the meaning