想
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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)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 想
- Common rank
- #560
- Unicode
- U+60F3
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Formation & memory
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Words with 想
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心想事成 | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | |
| 理想主义 | idealism | |
| 想不开 | cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be dep… | |
| 理想国 | Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC) | |
| 理想国 | ideal state; utopia | |
| 想不通 | unable to understand; unable to get over | |
| 理想化 | to idealize | |
| 空想社会主义 | utopian socialism | |
| 空想家 | impractical dreamer | |
| 非分之想 | (idiom) a presumptuous desire; an aspiration beyond one's reach | |
| 远大理想 | lofty ideal | |
| 想当然尔 | to take sth as given; to assume; as one would expect; naturally | |
| 想得开 | to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective;… | |
| 异想天开 | (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy | |
| 主体思想 | Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence) | |
| 想得美 | to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer! | |
| 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 意想不到 | unexpected; previously unimagined | |
| 想头 | (coll.) idea; hope | |
| 心想 | to think to oneself; to think |
Sound family
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