想 xiǎng — to think; to ponder; to consider; to reflect; to contemplate; to think about
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Basic definition
- verb to think; to ponder; to consider; to reflect; to contemplate; to think about e.g 思想想法想办法
- verb to want to; to wish to; to desire; to intend to; to feel like; to would like to e.g 想要想望
- verb to suppose; to guess; to think; to reckon; to presume; to assume e.g 猜想想象想必
- verb to miss; to long for; to think of e.g 想念朝思暮想
Detailed explanation
- verb (形声。心形相声。本义:想念;怀念;羡慕)
- verb think;miss e.g 想似 · 想思
- verb think deeply;ponder e.g 冥思苦想 想来想去 · 想度
- verb hope;want e.g 想闻
- verb anticipate e.g 想料
- verb imagine
- verb seem
- verb miss;recall
Related words
- 思想 thought; thinking; idea; ideology; mind
- 理想 ideal
- 想象 to imagine; to envision; imagination; to visualize; to conceive; fancy
- 想法 way of thinking; opinion; notion; idea; plan; view; approach; to think of a way
- 梦想 dream; aspiration
- 联想 associate/(abbr.) Lenovo (PRC computer company)
- 毛泽东思想 Mao Zedong Thought
- 设想 to imagine; to envisage; tentative plan
- 心想 to think/to assume
- 想不到 unexpected/hard to imagine/it had not occurred to me/who could have thought that
- 幻想 fantasy; to imagine; illusion
- 想来 I suppose; presumably
- 着想 to gives thought (to others)/to consider (other people's needs)
- 猜想 to guess; to suppose
- 构想 conceive
- 回想 recall/recollect/think back
- 想方设法 to try every means; to do one's best to
- 感想 one's thoughts and impressions
- 想象力 imagination
- 想念 to miss; to think of; to long for; to yearn for