"想" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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想
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(Bushou)		 心
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Decomp. 木目心
相 + 心
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想 xiǎng to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
Results beginning with 想
想到 xiǎng dào to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate
想要 xiǎng yào to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall / to think of / to call to mind
想象 xiǎng xiàng to imagine / to envision / imagination
想想 xiǎng xiang to have a think about it / recall...
想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine / to envision / imagination
想来 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that
想念 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
想必 xiǎng bì presumably / probably / in all likelihood / surely
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
想见 xiǎng jiàn to infer / to gather
想家 xiǎng jiā homesick
想睡 xiǎng shuì drowsy / sleepy
想望 xiǎng wàng to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
想头 xiǎng tou (coll.) idea / hope
想开 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
想通 xiǎng tōng to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
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想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
想办法 xiǎng bàn fǎ to think of a method
想起来 xiǎng qi lai to remember / to recall
想象力 xiǎng xiàng lì imagination
想不通 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand / unable to get over
想像力 xiǎng xiàng lì conception / imagination
想不开 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
想当然 xiǎng dāng rán to take sth as given / to make assumptions
想得美 xiǎng dé měi in your dreams! / as if! / You wish! / I wish that were so
想得开 xiǎng de kāi to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
想倒美 xiǎng dǎo měi see 想得美[xiang3de5mei3]
想得美 xiǎng de měi to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation / (as an interjection) what a dreamer!
想想看 xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it
想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
想当然尔 xiǎng dāng rán ěr to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally
想当然耳 xiǎng dāng rán ěr variant of 想當然爾|想当然尔[xiang3 dang1 ran2 er3]
想也没想 xiǎng yě méi xiǎng without a second thought
Approximate Results for 想
思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4]
不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly / to one's surprise
理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect
梦想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of / dream
联想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
幻想 huàn xiǎng to fantasize / to imagine / an illusion / a fantasy
心想 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself / to think
很想 hěn xiǎng to miss sb / to very much want to
设想 shè xiǎng to imagine / to assume / to envisage / tentative plan / to have consideration for
回想 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back
猜想 cāi xiǎng to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / (math.) hypothesis
感想 gǎn xiǎng impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
所想 suǒ xiǎng what one considers / one's thoughts
着想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
构想 gòu xiǎng to conceive / concept
试想 shì xiǎng to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative &ndash / "Think about it: ...")
妄想 wàng xiǎng to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion
遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
暗想 àn xiǎng think to oneself
休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)
预想 yù xiǎng to anticipate / to expect
冥想 míng xiǎng to meditate / meditation
畅想 chàng xiǎng to think freely / unfettered imagination
料想 liào xiǎng to expect / to presume / to think (sth is likely)
狂想 kuáng xiǎng fantasy / illusion / vain dream
假想 jiǎ xiǎng imaginary / virtual / to imagine / hypothesis
空想 kōng xiǎng daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
遥想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future)
推想 tuī xiǎng to reckon / to infer / to imagine
臆想 yì xiǎng subjective idea
默想 mò xiǎng silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence
观想 guān xiǎng to visualize (Buddhist practice)
浮想 fú xiǎng passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
痴想 chī xiǎng to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream
追想 zhuī xiǎng to recall
承想 chéng xiǎng (often used in the negative) to anticipate / to expect / to think that sth would happen
揣想 chuǎi xiǎng to conjecture
断想 duàn xiǎng brief commentary
发想 fā xiǎng to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
胡想 hú xiǎng see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3]
瞑想 míng xiǎng to muse / to think deeply / contemplation / meditation
念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
绮想 qǐ xiǎng fantasies / imaginings
跂想 qǐ xiǎng to expect anxiously
涉想 shè xiǎng to imagine / to consider
随想 suí xiǎng random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
肖想 xiào xiǎng (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have) / to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])
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没想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect
不理想 bù lǐ xiǎng not ideal
思想家 sī xiǎng jiā thinker
梦想家 mèng xiǎng jiā dreamer / visionary
思想史 sī xiǎng shǐ intellectual history
理想化 lǐ xiǎng huà to idealize
新思想 xīn sī xiǎng new ideas
理想国 lǐ xiǎng guó ideal state / utopia
妄想症 wàng xiǎng zhèng delusional disorder / (fig.) paranoia
构想图 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
假想敌 jiǎ xiǎng dí opposing force (in war games) / hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)
可想像 kě xiǎng xiàng conceivable
空想家 kōng xiǎng jiā impractical dreamer
狂想曲 kuáng xiǎng qǔ rhapsody (music)
联想起 lián xiǎng qǐ to associate / to think of
念想儿 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
贫限想 pín xiàn xiǎng (Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination / (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy / the rich live in another world / (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4])
绮想曲 qǐ xiǎng qǔ capriccio (music)
思想库 sī xiǎng kù think tank
随想曲 suí xiǎng qǔ (music) capriccio
妄想狂 wàng xiǎng kuáng paranoia / megalomaniac
性幻想 xìng huàn xiǎng sexual fantasy / to fantasize sexually about (sb)
臆想狂 yì xiǎng kuáng mythomaniac
臆想症 yì xiǎng zhèng mythomania
臆想狂 yì xiǎn kuáng mythomaniac
意想不到 yì xiǎng bù dào unexpected / previously unimagined
可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī (idiom) (it) goes without saying / can well be imagined
胡思乱想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
最终幻想 Zuì zhōng Huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game)
不堪设想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable
统一思想 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
联想集团 Lián xiǎng Jí tuán Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)
异想天开 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy
政治思想 zhèng zhì sī xiǎng political thought / ideology
心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng to have one's wishes come true / wish you the best!
理想主义 lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì idealism
朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
浮想联翩 fú xiǎng lián piān to let one's imagination roam
儒家思想 Rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school
痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking
冥思苦想 míng sī kǔ xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains
苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains
思想体系 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology
思前想后 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
左思右想 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng to turn over in one's mind (idiom) / to think through from different angles / to ponder
基线假想  baseline scenario
作战思想  general concept of operations / concept of operations
初步设想 chū bù shè xiǎng tentative idea
对比联想 duì bǐ lián xiǎng (psychology) contrastive association
封建思想 fēng jiàn sī xiǎng feudal way of thinking
富于想像 fù yú xiǎng xiàng imaginative
科学幻想 kē xué huàn xiǎng science fiction
苦思冥想 kǔ sī - míng xiǎng (idiom) to think deeply / to rack one's brains
联想学习 lián xiǎng xué xí associative learning
穷思苦想 qióng sī kǔ xiǎng to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought
奇思妙想 qí sī miào xiǎng an unconventional but wonderful idea
设想共存 shè xiǎng gòng cún Imagine Coexistence
思想包袱 sī xiǎng bāo fu sth weighing on one's mind
思想交流 sī xiǎng jiāo liú exchange of ideas
思想素质 sī xiǎng sù zhì quality of thought (in ideological education)
思想顽钝 sī xiǎng wán dùn blunt thinking / apathy
思想意识 sī xiǎng yì shí consciousness
突发奇想 tū fā qí xiǎng suddenly have a thought (idiom) / suddenly be inspired to do something
心想事成 xīn xiǎng - shì chéng (idiom) to have one's wishes come true / wish you the best!
异想天开 yì xiǎng - tiān kāi (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy
有人想你 yǒu rén xiǎng nǐ Bless you! (after a sneeze)
远大理想 yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng lofty ideal
主体思想 Zhǔ tǐ Sī xiǎng Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
毛泽东思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought
理想子女数  desired family size
倍数十假想  Factor Ten Scenario
倍数四假想  Factor Four Scenario
世界思想日  World Thinking Day
被爱妄想症 bèi ài wàng xiǎng zhèng erotomania
空想性错视 kōng xiǎng xìng cuò shì pareidolia
有人在想你 yǒu rén zài xiǎng nǐ Bless you! (after a sneeze)
空想社会主义 kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì utopian socialism
费雪理想指数  Fisher's ideal index
不想要的孩子  unwanted child
不想要的怀孕  unwanted pregnancy
新生社会思想  Emerging New Social Thought
总体作战思想  general concept of operations / concept of operations
被迫害妄想症 bèi pò hài wàng xiǎng zhèng delusion of persecution
哥德巴赫猜想 Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
妄想狂，偏执狂  paranoia
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
非洲保健发展设想  African Health Development Scenario
以结果为导向的思想  results-oriented mentality
解放思想，积极参与  Be Active, Be Emancipated
政治和社会思想小组  Groupe de réflexion politique et sociale
设想一个无毒品世界  Picture a Drug-free World
从战争陈观到和平理想  From the Stereotypes of War to the Ideals of Peace
又想当婊子又想立牌坊 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too
南太平洋论坛的理想声明  South Pacific Forum Vision Statement
联合国联合后勤中心构想  United Nations Joint Logistics Centre Concept / UNJLC Concept
同一个世界，同一个梦想 tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
不采取任何行动的设想情况  do nothing scenario
世界水设想－大家的共同事务  World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision
保卫共和民主思想和行动小组  Groupe de réflexion et d'action pour la défense de la démocratie républicaine
体育运动和奥林匹克理想国际年  International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
中亚宽容思想和早期预防冲突会议  Conference on Ideas of Tolerance in Central Asia and Early Prevention of Conflicts
设想所有女童都享有权利的那一天  Imagine a day in which all girls have their rights
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