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

• 想得美 in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so
• 妄想狂 paranoia; megalomaniac
• 思想 thought; ideology
• 想入非非 to indulge in fantasy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 臆想 subjective idea
• 朝思暮想 to yearn for something day and night
• 对比联想(對比聯想) word association; association of ideas
• 想见(想見) to infer; to imagine
• 追想 to recall
• 空想家 impractical dreamer
• 料想 to expect; to presume; to think (sth is likely)
• 想睡 drowsy; sleepy
• 想方设法(想方設法) to do everything possible
• 新思想 new ideas
• 思想问题(思想問題) ideological issue
• 遐想 reverie; daydream; to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
• 妄想症 delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia
• 心想事成 to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
• 不堪设想(不堪設想) too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable
• 思想顽钝(思想頑鈍) blunt thinking; apathy
• 统一思想(統一思想) with the same idea in mind; with a common purpose
• 想得开(想得開) to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective
• 想当然(想當然) to take something for granted
• 构想图(構想圖) notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
• 想不通 unable to understand; unable to get over
• 奇想 an unusual way of thinking
• 想法 idea; train of thought
• 理想化 idealization
• 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
• 思想包袱 sth weighing on one's mind
• 想像力 conception; imagination
• 妄想 delusions; fantasies
• 湛想 profound thinking
• 想不开(想不開) cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed
• 浮想联翩(浮想聯翩) to let one's imagination roam
• 联想学习(聯想學習) associative learning
• 想来(想來) it may be assumed that
• 梦想(夢想) dream
• 想到 to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
• 思前想后(思前想後) ponder over
• 想象 to imagine; to fancy
• 想也没想(想也沒想) without a second thought
• 想象力 imagination
• 左思右想 to turn over in one's mind; to think through from different angles; to ponder

Also contained in

无常想 、 无妄想 、 心想 、 遍观一切色身想观 、 联想集团 、 无想定 、 十想

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• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27
• 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 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 76 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 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
• 第二回 Chapter 34 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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