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想
xiǎng
1.
to think
2.
to believe
3.
to suppose
4.
to wish
5.
to want
6.
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
着想
zhuóxiǎng
to give thought (to others)
想象
xiǎngxiàng
to imagine
绮想
qǐxiǎng
fantasies
臆想
yìxiǎng
subjective idea
预想
yùxiǎng
to anticipate
梦想
mèngxiǎng
(fig.) to dream of
猜想
cāixiǎng
to guess
空想
kōngxiǎng
daydream
联想
Liánxiǎng
abbr. for [[聯想集團|联想集团<LiánxiǎngJítuán>]]
胡想
húxiǎng
to let one's imagination run wild
设想
shèxiǎng
to imagine
遐想
xiáxiǎng
reverie
冥想
míngxiǎng
meditation
默想
mòxiǎng
silent contemplation
所想
suǒxiǎng
what one considers
畅想
chàngxiǎng
to think freely
理想
lǐxiǎng
an ideal
瞑想
míngxiǎng
to muse
揣想
chuǎixiǎng
to conjecture
暗想
ànxiǎng
think to oneself
Example Sentences (10)
你吃过水果饭吗？你在饭馆的菜单上见过水果饭吗？你想学着做水果饭吗？
nǐ chī guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? nǐ zài fànguǎn de càidān shàng jiàn guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? nǐ xiǎng xué zhe zuò shuǐguǒ fàn ma?
Have you eaten fruit rice? Have you seen fruit rice on a restaurant menu? Do you want to learn to make fruit rice?
Text 4
我不喜欢一直住在一个城市，想去其他城市看一看。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan yìzhí zhù zài yí gè chéngshì,xiǎng qù qítā chéngshì kàn yí kàn.
I don't like living in one city all the time; I want to go see other cities.
Text 1
听说你去过中国，还想去吗？
Tīngshuō nǐ qù guo Zhōngguó,hái xiǎng qù ma?
I heard you’ve been to China. Do you still want to go?
Text 2
老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
我虽然去过好几次，但是还想再去玩儿玩儿。
wǒ suīrán qù guò hǎo jǐ cì,dànshì hái xiǎng zài qù wánr wánr.
Although I have been there several times, I still want to go again and have some fun.
Text 2
我想把这个电脑卖了，再买一个更好的。
wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhège diànnǎo mài le,zài mǎi yí gè gèng hǎo de.
I want to sell this computer and buy a better one.
Text 4
我年轻的时候也这么想，但是那时候没有钱，如果有钱，就去了。
wǒ niánqīng de shíhou yě zhème xiǎng,dànshì nà shíhou méiyǒu qián,rúguǒ yǒu qián,jiù qù le.
I thought so too when I was young, but I didn’t have money then. If I had had money, I would have gone.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 98
- Word Frequency Rank
- 37 of 84,292