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xiǎng
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. to think (about)
  2. 2. to think of; to devise
  3. 3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. 4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13111762)

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Words Containing 想

回想
huí xiǎng

to recall

构想
gòu xiǎng

to conceive

想倒美
xiǎng dǎo měi

see 想得美[xiǎng dé měi]

臆想狂
yì xiǎn kuáng

mythomaniac

想也没想
xiǎng yě méi xiǎng

without a second thought

思想家
sī xiǎng jiā

thinker

联想起
lián xiǎng qǐ

to associate

没想到
méi xiǎng dào

didn't expect

想通
xiǎng tōng

to figure out

暗想
àn xiǎng

think to oneself

思想包袱
sī xiǎng bāo fu

sth weighing on one's mind

胡想
hú xiǎng

see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hú sī luàn xiǎng]

联想
lián xiǎng

Lenovo

想不到
xiǎng bu dào

unexpected

不堪设想
bù kān shè xiǎng

too horrible to contemplate

想来
xiǎng lái

it may be assumed that

发想
fā xiǎng

to come up with an idea

想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi

to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild

想不通
xiǎng bu tōng

unable to understand

思想顽钝
sī xiǎng wán dùn

blunt thinking

最终幻想
zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng

Final Fantasy (video game)

异想天开
yì xiǎng tiān kāi

to imagine the wildest thing

想睡
xiǎng shuì

drowsy

想起来
xiǎng qi lai

to remember

想得开
xiǎng de kāi

to not take to heart

儒家思想
rú jiā sī xiǎng

Confucian thoughts

想开
xiǎng kāi

to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)

瞑想
míng xiǎng

to muse

臆想
yì xiǎng

subjective idea

断想
duàn xiǎng

brief commentary

理想
lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

理想国
lǐ xiǎng guó

Plato's \The Republic\ (c. 380 BC)

想象力
xiǎng xiàng lì

imagination

心想事成
xīn xiǎng shì chéng
想要
xiǎng yào

to want to

想得美
xiǎng dé měi

in your dreams!

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)

浮想
fú xiǎng

passing thought

绮想
qǐ xiǎng

fantasies

痴心妄想
chī xīn wàng xiǎng

to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom)

想像力
xiǎng xiàng lì

conception

想起
xiǎng qǐ

to recall

不想
bù xiǎng

unexpectedly

想头
xiǎng tou

(coll.) idea

同一个世界,同一个梦想
tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng

One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games

涉想
shè xiǎng

to imagine

想像
xiǎng xiàng

to imagine; to envision

畅想
chàng xiǎng

to think freely

思想史
sī xiǎng shǐ

intellectual history

猜想
cāi xiǎng

to guess; to conjecture; to suppose

随想曲
suí xiǎng qǔ

(music) capriccio

空想家
kōng xiǎng jiā

impractical dreamer

又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng

lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)

想象
xiǎng xiàng

to imagine; to envision

左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng

to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles

绮想曲
qǐ xiǎng qǔ

capriccio (music)

空想社会主义
kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì

utopian socialism

理想化
lǐ xiǎng huà

to idealize

构想图
gòu xiǎng tú

notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)

心想
xīn xiǎng

to think to oneself; to think

念想
niàn xiǎng

to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of

朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng

to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)

空想
kōng xiǎng

daydream

苦思冥想
kǔ sī míng xiǎng

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard

意想不到
yì xiǎng bù dào

unexpected

奇思妙想
qí sī miào xiǎng

an unconventional but wonderful idea

观想
guān xiǎng

to visualize (Buddhist practice)

新思想
xīn sī xiǎng

new ideas

富于想像
fù yú xiǎng xiàng

imaginative

突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng

suddenly have a thought (idiom)

冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard

科学幻想
kē xué huàn xiǎng

science fiction

想到
xiǎng dào

to think of

有人想你
yǒu rén xiǎng nǐ

Bless you! (after a sneeze)

思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu

to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future

梦想
mèng xiǎng

(fig.) to dream of

统一思想
tǒng yī sī xiǎng

with the same idea in mind

主体思想
zhǔ tǐ sī xiǎng

Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)

设想
shè xiǎng

to imagine

休想
xiū xiǎng

don't think (that)

想念
xiǎng niàn

to miss

所想
suǒ xiǎng

what one considers

远大理想
yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng

lofty ideal

随想
suí xiǎng

random thoughts

幻想
huàn xiǎng

delusion

痴想
chī xiǎng

to daydream

冥想
míng xiǎng

to meditate

感想
gǎn xiǎng

impressions

想望
xiǎng wàng

to desire

思想交流
sī xiǎng jiāo liú

exchange of ideas

思想库
sī xiǎng kù

think tank

想必
xiǎng bì

presumably

穷思苦想
qióng sī kǔ xiǎng

to think hard (idiom)

狂想
kuáng xiǎng

fantasy

想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means

想当然尔
xiǎng dāng rán ěr

to take sth as given

想不开
xiǎng bu kāi

cannot figure out

封建思想
fēng jiàn sī xiǎng

feudal way of thinking

妄想
wàng xiǎng

to attempt vainly

梦想家
mèng xiǎng jiā

dreamer

想法
xiǎng fǎ

way of thinking; opinion; notion

理想主义
lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì

idealism

假想
jiǎ xiǎng

imaginary

可想而知
kě xiǎng ér zhī

it is obvious that...

想见
xiǎng jiàn

to infer

想家
xiǎng jiā

homesick

胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng

to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)

思想体系
sī xiǎng tǐ xì

system of thought

可想像
kě xiǎng xiàng

conceivable

初步设想
chū bù shè xiǎng

tentative idea

政治思想
zhèng zhì sī xiǎng

political thought

狂想曲
kuáng xiǎng qǔ

rhapsody (music)

料想
liào xiǎng

to expect

想想看
xiǎng xiǎng kàn

to think about it

着想
zhuó xiǎng

to give thought (to others)

联想集团
lián xiǎng jí tuán

Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)

想出
xiǎng chū

to figure out

毛泽东思想
máo zé dōng sī xiǎng

Mao Zedong Thought

想当然
xiǎng dāng rán

to take sth as given

遐想
xiá xiǎng

reverie

浮想联翩
fú xiǎng lián piān

to let one's imagination roam

默想
mò xiǎng

silent contemplation

揣想
chuǎi xiǎng

to conjecture

贫限想
pín xiàn xiǎng

(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination

联想学习
lián xiǎng xué xí

associative learning

推想
tuī xiǎng

to reckon

预想
yù xiǎng

to expect

试想
shì xiǎng

to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – \Think about it: ...\)

追想
zhuī xiǎng

to recall

思想
sī xiǎng

thought

对比联想
duì bǐ lián xiǎng

word association

跂想
qǐ xiǎng

to expect anxiously

思想意识
sī xiǎng yì shí

consciousness

臆想症
yì xiǎng zhèng

mythomania

妄想狂
wàng xiǎng kuáng

paranoia

妄想症
wàng xiǎng zhèng

delusional disorder