Pronunciation

xiǎng

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xiǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎng | xiang3
English translation
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

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About xiǎng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xiǎng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mind

Etymology of xiǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

相心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Xiāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Xiāng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiǎng

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开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn , xiǎng lòng dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

作品 zuòpǐn shì 微妙 wēi miào de , 冷僻 lěng pì de , 幻想 huànxiǎng de dài biān de 雪景.

The work was subtle, remote, fanciful - a snow scene with purple edges.

zhǐ xiǎng 大声 dà shēng jiào 一阵 yī zhèn , jiào 自己 zìjǐ 快要 kuài yào biē 透不过气 lái le .

He wanted to shout; he was suffocating.

天气 tiānqì hěn bàng , xiǎng 开车 kāi chē 出去 chū qù 兜兜 dōu dou fēng .

The weather is so nice that I to go for a drive.

xiǎng qiáo 睡觉 shuìjiào .

I was sorely tempted to miss class and sleep in instead.

Words with xiǎng

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character xiǎng in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiǎng to think xiǎng
思想 sīxiǎng thought思想 sīxiǎng
想到 xiǎng dào to think of想到 xiǎng dào
不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly不想 bù xiǎng
想法 xiǎng fǎ opinion想法 xiǎng fǎ
想要 xiǎng yào to want to想要 xiǎng yào
梦想 mèngxiǎng dream夢想
想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall想起 xiǎng qǐ
想象 xiǎngxiàng to imagine想象 xiǎngxiàng
理想 lǐxiǎng an ideal理想 lǐxiǎng
想念 xiǎngniàn to miss想念 xiǎngniàn
联想 Liánxiǎng to associate (cognitively)聯想
幻想 huànxiǎng delusion幻想 huànxiǎng
毛泽东思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Maoism毛澤東思想
想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected想不到 xiǎng bu dào
设想 shèxiǎng to imagine設想
想见 xiǎng jiàn to infer想見
回想 huí xiǎng to recall回想 huí xiǎng
心想 xīn xiǎng to think心想 xīn xiǎng
想来 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that想來
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out想出 xiǎng chū
着想 zhuóxiǎng to give thought (to others)著想
想起来 xiǎng qi lai to remember想起來
想必 xiǎng bì presumably想必 xiǎng bì

xiǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiǎng Decomposition

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