| 想 | [ xiǎng ] to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to want, to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth) |
| 想不到 | [ xiǎng bu daò ] unexpected, hard to imagine, it had not occurred to me, who could have thought that |
| 想不通 | [ xiǎng bu tōng ] unable to understand, unable to get over |
| 想不開 | [ xiǎng bu kaī ] cannot figure out, to be unable to take a lighter view, to take things too hard, to be depressed, to fret over trifles |
| 想也沒想 | [ xiǎng yě meí xiǎng ] without a second thought |
| 想來 | [ xiǎng laí ] it may be assumed that |
| 想倒美 | [ xiǎng daǒ meǐ ] see 想得美[xiang3 de2 mei3] |
| 想像 | [ xiǎng xiàng ] to imagine, to conceive of, to visualize, imagination |
| 想像力 | [ xiǎng xiàng lì ] conception, imagination |
| 想入非非 | [ xiǎng rù feī feī ] to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild |
| 想出 | [ xiǎng chū ] to figure out, to work out (a solution etc), to think up, to come up with (an idea etc) |
| 想到 | [ xiǎng daò ] to think of, to call to mind, to anticipate |
| 想家 | [ xiǎng jiā ] homesick |
| 想得美 | [ xiǎng dé meǐ ] in your dreams!, as if!, You wish!, I wish that were so |
| 想得開 | [ xiǎng de kaī ] to not take to heart, to be free of worried thoughts, to adopt a lighthearted perspective, lighthearted |
| 想必 | [ xiǎng bì ] presumably, probably, in all likelihood, surely |
| 想念 | [ xiǎng niàn ] to miss, to remember with longing, to long to see again |
| 想想看 | [ xiǎng xiǎng kàn ] to think about it |
| 想方設法 | [ xiǎng fāng shè fǎ ] to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means, to try this, that and the other |
| 想望 | [ xiǎng wàng ] to desire, to wish, (literary) to admire |
| 想法 | [ xiǎng fǎ ] way of thinking, opinion, notion, to think of a way (to do sth), CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 想當然 | [ xiǎng dāng rán ] to take sth as given, to make assumptions |
| 想當然爾 | [ xiǎng dāng rán ěr ] to take sth as given, to assume, as one would expect, naturally |
| 想當然耳 | [ xiǎng dāng rán ěr ] variant of 想當然爾|想当然尔[xiang3 dang1 ran2 er3] |
| 想睡 | [ xiǎng shuì ] drowsy, sleepy |
| 想要 | [ xiǎng yaò ] to want to, to feel like, to fancy, to care for sb, desirous of |
| 想見 | [ xiǎng jiàn ] to infer, to gather |
| 想象 | [ xiǎng xiàng ] to imagine, to fancy, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 想象力 | [ xiǎng xiàng lì ] imagination |
| 想起 | [ xiǎng qǐ ] to recall, to think of, to call to mind |
| 想起來 | [ xiǎng qi lai ] to remember, to recall |
| 想通 | [ xiǎng tōng ] to figure out, to realize, to become convinced, to come round (to an idea), to get over it |
| 想開 | [ xiǎng kaī ] to get over (a shock, bereavement etc), to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things, to accept the situation and move on |
| 想頭 | [ xiǎng tou ] (coll.) idea, hope |
| ⇒ 不堪設想 | [ bù kān shè xiǎng ] too horrible to contemplate, unthinkable, inconceivable |
| ⇒ 不想 | [ bù xiǎng ] unexpectedly |
| ⇒ 主體思想 | [ zhǔ tǐ sī xiǎng ] Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence) |
| ⇒ 休想 | [ xiū xiǎng ] don't think (that), don't imagine (that) |
| ⇒ 假想 | [ jiǎ xiǎng ] imaginary, virtual, to imagine, hypothesis |
| ⇒ 儒家思想 | [ rú jiā sī xiǎng ] Confucian thoughts, the thinking of the Confucian school |
| ⇒ 冥思苦想 | [ míng sī kǔ xiǎng ] to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard, to rack one's brains |
| ⇒ 冥想 | [ míng xiǎng ] to meditate, meditation |
| ⇒ 初步設想 | [ chū bù shè xiǎng ] tentative idea |
| ⇒ 又想當婊子又想立牌坊 | [ yoù xiǎng dāng zi yoù xiǎng lì paí fāng ] lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom), fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation, to want to have one's cake and eat it too |
| ⇒ 又想當婊子又想立牌坊 | [ yoù xiǎng dāng zi yoù xiǎng lì paí fāng ] lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom), fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation, to want to have one's cake and eat it too |
| ⇒ 可想像 | [ kě xiǎng xiàng ] conceivable |
| ⇒ 可想而知 | [ kě xiǎng ér zhī ] it is obvious that..., as one can well imagine... |
| ⇒ 同一個世界，同一個夢想 | [ tóng yī gè shì jiè tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng ] One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games |
| ⇒ 哥德巴赫猜想 | [ gē dé bā hè caī xiǎng ] the Goldbach conjecture in number theory |
| ⇒ 回想 | [ huí xiǎng ] to recall, to recollect, to think back |
| ⇒ 夢想 | [ mèng xiǎng ] (fig.) to dream of, dream |
| ⇒ 夢想家 | [ mèng xiǎng jiā ] dreamer, visionary |
| ⇒ 奇思妙想 | [ qí sī xiǎng ] an unconventional but wonderful idea |
| ⇒ 妄想 | [ wàng xiǎng ] to attempt vainly, a vain attempt, delusion |
| ⇒ 妄想狂 | [ wàng xiǎng kuáng ] paranoia, megalomaniac |
| ⇒ 妄想症 | [ wàng xiǎng zhèng ] delusional disorder, (fig.) paranoia |
| ⇒ 富於想像 | [ fù yú xiǎng xiàng ] imaginative |
| ⇒ 封建思想 | [ fēng jiàn sī xiǎng ] feudal way of thinking |
| ⇒ 對比聯想 | [ duì bǐ lián xiǎng ] word association, association of ideas |
| ⇒ 左思右想 | [ zuǒ sī yoù xiǎng ] to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles, to ponder |
| ⇒ 幻想 | [ huàn xiǎng ] delusion, fantasy |
| ⇒ 心想 | [ xīn xiǎng ] to think to oneself, to think, to assume |
| ⇒ 心想事成 | [ xīn xiǎng shì chéng ] to have one's wishes come true, wish you the best! |
| ⇒ 思前想後 | [ sī qián xiǎng hoù ] to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future, to ponder over reasons and connection |
| ⇒ 思想 | [ sī xiǎng ] thought, thinking, idea, ideology, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 思想交流 | [ sī xiǎng liú ] exchange of ideas |
| ⇒ 思想包袱 | [ sī xiǎng baō fu ] sth weighing on one's mind |
| ⇒ 思想史 | [ sī xiǎng shǐ ] intellectual history |
| ⇒ 思想家 | [ sī xiǎng jiā ] thinker |
| ⇒ 思想庫 | [ sī xiǎng kù ] think tank (committee set up to study a problem) |
| ⇒ 思想意識 | [ sī xiǎng yì shí ] consciousness |
| ⇒ 思想頑鈍 | [ sī xiǎng wán dùn ] blunt thinking, apathy |
| ⇒ 思想體系 | [ sī xiǎng tǐ xì ] system of thought, ideology |
| ⇒ 想也沒想 | [ xiǎng yě meí xiǎng ] without a second thought |
| ⇒ 想想看 | [ xiǎng xiǎng kàn ] to think about it |
| ⇒ 意想不到 | [ yì xiǎng bù daò ] unexpected, previously unimagined |
| ⇒ 感想 | [ gǎn xiǎng ] impressions, reflections, thoughts, CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 所想 | [ suǒ xiǎng ] what one considers, one's thoughts |
| ⇒ 推想 | [ tuī xiǎng ] to reckon, to infer, to imagine |
| ⇒ 揣想 | [ xiǎng ] to conjecture |
| ⇒ 政治思想 | [ zhèng zhì sī xiǎng ] political thought, ideology |
| ⇒ 料想 | [ xiǎng ] to expect, to presume, to think (sth is likely) |
| ⇒ 新思想 | [ xīn sī xiǎng ] new ideas |
| ⇒ 斷想 | [ duàn xiǎng ] brief commentary |
| ⇒ 暗想 | [ àn xiǎng ] think to oneself |
| ⇒ 暢想 | [ chàng xiǎng ] to think freely, unfettered imagination |
| ⇒ 最終幻想 | [ zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng ] Final Fantasy (video game) |
| ⇒ 有人想你 | [ yoǔ rén xiǎng nǐ ] Bless you! (after a sneeze) |
| ⇒ 朝思暮想 | [ zhaō sī mù xiǎng ] to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| ⇒ 構想 | [ goù xiǎng ] to conceive, concept |
| ⇒ 構想圖 | [ goù xiǎng tú ] notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story) |
| ⇒ 毛澤東思想 | [ maó zé dōng sī xiǎng ] Mao Zedong Thought, Maoism |
| ⇒ 沒想到 | [ meí xiǎng daò ] didn't expect |
| ⇒ 浮想 | [ fú xiǎng ] passing thought, an idea that comes into one's head, recollection |
| ⇒ 浮想聯翩 | [ fú xiǎng lián piān ] to let one's imagination roam |
| ⇒ 涉想 | [ shè xiǎng ] to imagine, to consider |
| ⇒ 狂想 | [ kuáng xiǎng ] fantasy, illusion, vain dream |
| ⇒ 狂想曲 | [ kuáng xiǎng qǔ ] rhapsody (music) |
| ⇒ 猜想 | [ caī xiǎng ] to guess, to conjecture, to suppose, to suspect |
| ⇒ 理想 | [ lǐ xiǎng ] an ideal, a dream, ideal, perfect |
| ⇒ 理想主義 | [ lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì ] idealism |
| ⇒ 理想化 | [ lǐ xiǎng huà ] to idealize |
| ⇒ 理想國 | [ lǐ xiǎng guó ] Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC) |
| ⇒ 理想國 | [ lǐ xiǎng guó ] ideal state, utopia |
| ⇒ 異想天開 | [ yì xiǎng tiān kaī ] to imagine the wildest thing, to indulge in fantasy |
| ⇒ 痴心妄想 | [ chī xīn wàng xiǎng ] to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom), to labor under a delusion, wishful thinking |
| ⇒ 痴想 | [ chī xiǎng ] to daydream, wishful thinking, pipe dream |
| ⇒ 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 | [ laì há ma xiǎng chī tiān é roù ] lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom), fig. to try to punch above one's weight |
| ⇒ 發想 | [ fā xiǎng ] to come up with an idea, generation of ideas, inspiration |
| ⇒ 瞑想 | [ míng xiǎng ] to muse, to think deeply, contemplation, meditation |
| ⇒ 科學幻想 | [ kē xué huàn xiǎng ] science fiction |
| ⇒ 空想 | [ kōng xiǎng ] daydream, fantasy, to fantasize |
| ⇒ 空想家 | [ kōng xiǎng jiā ] impractical dreamer |
| ⇒ 空想社會主義 | [ kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì ] utopian socialism |
| ⇒ 突發奇想 | [ tū fā qí xiǎng ] suddenly have a thought (idiom), suddenly be inspired to do something |
| ⇒ 窮思苦想 | [ qióng sī kǔ xiǎng ] to think hard (idiom), to give sth much thought |
| ⇒ 統一思想 | [ tǒng yī sī xiǎng ] with the same idea in mind, with a common purpose |
| ⇒ 綺想 | [ qǐ xiǎng ] fantasies, imaginings |
| ⇒ 綺想曲 | [ qǐ xiǎng qǔ ] capriccio (music) |
| ⇒ 聯想 | [ lián xiǎng ] Lenovo |
| ⇒ 聯想 | [ lián xiǎng ] to associate (cognitively), to make an associative connection, mental association, word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs |
| ⇒ 聯想學習 | [ lián xiǎng xué xí ] associative learning |
| ⇒ 聯想起 | [ lián xiǎng qǐ ] to associate, to think of |
| ⇒ 聯想集團 | [ lián xiǎng jí tuán ] Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm) |
| ⇒ 肖想 | [ xiǎng ] (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have), to covet (sth beyond one's grasp), (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn]) |
| ⇒ 胡思亂想 | [ hú sī luàn xiǎng ] to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom), to let one's imagination run wild |
| ⇒ 胡想 | [ hú xiǎng ] see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3] |
| ⇒ 臆想 | [ yì xiǎng ] subjective idea |
| ⇒ 臆想狂 | [ yì xiǎn kuáng ] mythomaniac |
| ⇒ 臆想症 | [ yì xiǎng zhèng ] mythomania |
| ⇒ 苦思冥想 | [ kǔ sī míng xiǎng ] to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard, to rack one's brains |
| ⇒ 著想 | [ zhuó xiǎng ] to give thought (to others), to consider (other people's needs), also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] |
| ⇒ 觀想 | [ guān xiǎng ] to visualize (Buddhist practice) |
| ⇒ 設想 | [ shè xiǎng ] to imagine, to assume, to envisage, tentative plan, to have consideration for |
| ⇒ 試想 | [ shì xiǎng ] to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...") |
| ⇒ 貧限想 | [ pín xiàn xiǎng ] (Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination, (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy, the rich live in another world, (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4]) |
| ⇒ 跂想 | [ qǐ xiǎng ] to expect anxiously |
| ⇒ 追想 | [ zhuī xiǎng ] to recall |
| ⇒ 遐想 | [ xiá xiǎng ] reverie, daydream, to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts |
| ⇒ 遠大理想 | [ yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng ] lofty ideal |
| ⇒ 隨想 | [ suí xiǎng ] random thoughts, (in book titles etc) impressions, jottings |
| ⇒ 隨想曲 | [ suí xiǎng qǔ ] (music) capriccio |
| ⇒ 預想 | [ yù xiǎng ] to anticipate, to expect |
| ⇒ 默想 | [ mò xiǎng ] silent contemplation, to meditate, to think in silence |
