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

• 想要 to want to; to feel like; to fancy
• 瞑想 to muse; to think deeply; contemplation; meditation
• 思想 thought; ideology
• 想象力 imagination
• 想也没想(想也沒想) without a second thought
• 休想 don't think (that); don't imagine (that)
• 幻想 delusion; fantasy; imagination
• 揣想 to conjecture
• 胡思乱想(胡思亂想) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 痴想 to daydream; wishful thinking; pipe dream
• 思想体系(思想體系) system of thought; ideology
• 有人想你 Bless you! (after a sneeze)
• 想得美 in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so
• 可想像 conceivable
• 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
• 冥思苦想 to consider from all angles; to think hard; to rack one's brains
• 不想 unexpectedly
• 理想 an ideal ; satisfying; fulfilling
• 构想(構想) to conceive
• 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
• 统一思想(統一思想) with the same idea in mind; with a common purpose
• 思想库(思想庫) think tank (committee set up to study a problem)
• 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
• 奇想 an unusual way of thinking
• 想不通 unable to understand; unable to get over
• 试想(試想) just think!; imagine that!
• 渴想 to long for
• 浮想 passing thought; an idea that comes into one's head; recollection
• 想不到 unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
• 错误思想到处泛滥(錯誤思想到處泛濫) wrong ideas spreading unchecked everywhere
• 感想 impressions; reflections; thoughts
• 思想史 intellectual history
• 富于想像(富於想像) imaginative
• 想入非非 to indulge in fantasy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 思想三律 three classical laws of thought
• 联想起(聯想起) to associate; to think of
• 跂想 to expect anxiously; to lookout for
• 断想(斷想) brief commentary
• 理想主义(理想主義) idealism
• 瞎想 a daydream; a fantasy
• 想头(想頭) idea; hope
• 妄想 delusions; fantasies
• 联想(聯想) to associate with ; Lenovo
• 思想家 a thinker
• 封建思想 feudal way of thinking
• 千思万想(千思萬想) with much thought
• 假想 imaginary; virtual

Also contained in

想通 、 主体思想 、 遍观一切色身想观

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 28
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24
• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
• 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 22
• 第二回 Chapter 76 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16

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
• 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
• 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
• 曰想 (曰想) 十曰想 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 2
• 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
• 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
• 天下想 (天下想) 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: 2