异想天开異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi — to imagine the wildest thing
yì (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)yi4 xiang3 tian1 kai1
Traditional: 異想天開
to imagine the wildest thing
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to imagine the wildest thing
to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 想
- 想xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to want to, would like to
- 想到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to think of
- 想法xiǎng (third tone, dipping) fǎ (third tone, dipping)way of thinking; opinion; notion
- 梦想夢想mèng (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)(figuratively) to dream of
- 思想sī (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)thought
- 想起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 想象xiǎngxiàng (third tone, dipping)to imagine, to picture, to envision
- 理想lǐxiǎng (third tone, dipping)ideal, dream, life ambition
- 想念xiǎng (third tone, dipping) niàn (fourth tone, falling)to miss
- 幻想huàn (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)delusion
- 想不到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) dào (fourth tone, falling)unexpected
- 回想huí (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 联想聯想lián (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to associate (cognitively)
- 设想設想shè (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to imagine
- 着想著想zhuó (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to give thought (to others)
- 猜想cāi (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to guess; to conjecture; to suppose
- 妄想wàng (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to attempt vainly
- 意想不到yì (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)unexpected
Words containing 天
- 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
- 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
- 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
- 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
- 天气天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
- 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
- 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
- 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
- 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
- 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
- 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
- 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
- 当天當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
- 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
- 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
- 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
- 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
- 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature
Words containing 开
- 开開kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 开始開始kāishǐ (first tone, high and level)to begin, to start
- 离开離開líkāi (second tone, rising)to leave, to depart from
- 打开打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 公开公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
- 开车開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
- 开发開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
- 开放開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
- 展开展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
- 分开分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
- 开口開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
- 改革开放改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
- 开玩笑開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
- 召开召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
- 开会開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
- 开通開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
- 开工開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
- 拉开拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open