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想象 xiǎngxiàng

想象 xiǎngxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 想象 xiǎngxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎngxiàng | xiang3 xiang4
English translation
to imagine
to fancy
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Traditional form

想象 xiǎngxiàng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 想象 xiǎngxiàng

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 想象 xiǎngxiàng .

xiǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Xiāng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

相心

Number of Strokes

13
xiàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Pictograph of an elephant.

Semantic compound

shǐ

Positional decomposition

⺈口豕

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 想象 xiǎngxiàng

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必须 bìxū 承认 chéngrèn , zhè 想象 xiǎngxiàng de yāo 困难 kùnnan duō .

I must admit, it's more difficult than I thought it would be.

富于 fù yú 想象 xiǎngxiàng Fāng , zhǐ 分钟 fēnzhōng jiù Néng 写出一首五行 wǔ xíng 打油诗 dǎ yóu shī .

He is full of imagination and can knock off a limerick in a few minutes.

现代派 xiàn dài pài Shī rén jiù 许多 xǔduō 想象 xiǎngxiàng yòu 回到 huí dào le 十七 shí qī 世纪 shìjì 抽象派诗人 shī rén de 意象 yì xiàng 诗中.

The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.

大家 dàjiā yòng shuì Néng 想象 xiǎngxiàng dào ,这个 zhè ge tuǐ 水手 shuǐ shǒu shì 如何 rúhé zài mèng 折磨 zhémó de .

How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you.

彼得 Bǐ dé zhēn 没用 méi yòng ,想象 xiǎngxiàng de 还要 chā .

Peter is useless, far worse than I thought.

想象 xiǎngxiàng Decomposition

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想象 xiǎngxiàng Compounds

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  • xiǎng
    • xiàng
      • xiàng , , xiàng , xiàng , , , , , ,
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