想 xiǎng

1. xiǎng verb to think
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Psychology
   Notes: (ABC 'xiǎng' 1; Unihan '想')
2. xiǎng verb to speculate; to suppose; to consider
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xiǎng' 2; Kroll 2015 '想' 1a; Unihan '想')
3. xiǎng verb to want
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xiǎng' 3; Unihan '想')
4. xiǎng verb to remember; to miss; to long for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xiǎng' 4)
5. xiǎng verb to plan
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '想' 2; Unihan '想')

Contained in

• 思想交流 exchange of ideas
• 又想当婊子又想立牌坊(又想當婊子又想立牌坊) to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity; to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
• 错误思想(錯誤思想) wrong idea
• 哥德巴赫猜想 the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
• 想想看 to think about it
• 推想 to reckon; to infer; to imagine
• 想法 idea; train of thought
• 想像力 conception; imagination
• 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
• 浮想联翩(浮想聯翩) to let one's imagination roam
• 揣想 to conjecture
• 想睡 drowsy; sleepy
• 猜想 to guess; to conjecture
• 畅想(暢想) to think freely; unfettered imagination
• 想来(想來) it may be assumed that
• 痴心妄想 to be carried away by one's wishful thinking; to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking
• 想当然(想當然) to take something for granted
• 想见(想見) to infer; to imagine
• 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
• 构想(構想) to conceive
• 料想 to expect; to presume; to think (sth is likely)
• 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉(癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉) the toad wants to eat swan meat; to try to punch above one's weight
• 想得开(想得開) to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective
• 思想问题(思想問題) ideological issue
• 涉想 to imagine; to consider
• 默想 silent contemplation; to meditate; to think in silence
• 空想社会主义(空想社會主義) utopian socialism
• 对比联想(對比聯想) word association; association of ideas
• 臆想狂 mythomaniac
• 可想像 conceivable
• 思前想后(思前想後) ponder over
• 预想(預想) to anticipate; to expect
• 自由思想 freethought
• 臆想 subjective idea
• 瞎想 a daydream; a fantasy
• 想家 homesick
• 想出 to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc)
• 想得美 in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so
• 联想学习(聯想學習) associative learning
• 同一个世界，同一个梦想(同一個世界，同一個夢想) One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
• 异想天开(異想天開) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
• 毛泽东思想(毛澤東思想) Maoism
• 思想体系(思想體系) system of thought; ideology
• 思想 thought; ideology
• 假想 imaginary; virtual
• 最终幻想(最終幻想) Final Fantasy (video game)
• 遐想 reverie; daydream; to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
• 封建思想 feudal way of thinking
• 冥想 meditation
• 有人想你 Bless you! (after a sneeze)

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科学幻想

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• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 28
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Collocations

• 想望 (想望) 想望舊京 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四 孝和孝殤帝紀 Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Xiaohe; Emperor Xiaoshang — count: 7
• 想闻 (想聞) 天下想聞其風采 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi — count: 5
• 伏想 (伏想) 伏想執事不知其然 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao — count: 3
• 想足下 (想足下) 亦想足下同其志念 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十八 蜀書八 許麋孫簡伊秦傳 Volume 38: Book of Shu 8 - Biographies of Xu, Mi, Sun, Jian, Yi, and Qin — count: 3
• 想君 (想君) 想君假还 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十七 吳書二 吳主傳 Volume 47: Book of Wu 2 - Biography of the Lord of Wu — count: 3
• 望想 (望想) 望想之劳 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十七 吳書二 吳主傳 Volume 47: Book of Wu 2 - Biography of the Lord of Wu — count: 2
• 想便 (想便) 想便旋軍襄陽 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十 列傳第四十 應詹 甘卓 卞壼 劉超 鍾雅 Volume 70 Biographies 40: Ying Zhan; Gan Zhuo; Deng Qian; Bian Kun — count: 2
• 想洙 (想洙) 想洙 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 2
• 远想 (遠想) 遠想張陳 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十二 列傳第三十二 劉琨 祖逖 Volume 62 Biographies 32: Liu Kun; Zu Di — count: 2
• 想銮 (想鑾) 人想鑾輿之聲 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十一 列傳第一 后妃上 Volume 31 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts Part One — count: 2