想 xiǎng — to think, to reflect; to want to, to would like to; to miss someone

拼音

• xiǎng (third tone, dipping)

to think, to reflect; to want to, to would like to; to miss someone

字形拆解

• 相sound partno entry yet相 xiāng gives the sound (xiāng → xiǎng). It is itself an eye 目 beside a tree 木 — someone examining something closely.
• 心meaning partThe heart, where Chinese locates thinking as well as feeling.

Mnemonic

A heart 心 carrying 相 xiāng above it for the sound. The phonetic repays a second look: 相 is an eye 目 next to a tree 木, someone inspecting closely — so the whole reads as the heart examining something. All three of its everyday senses follow: 我想他 I miss him, 我想去 I want to go, 你在想什么? what are you thinking about?

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

含“想”的词

• 想xiǎng (third tone, dipping)打算，希望做某事
• 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)在头脑里创造出不在眼前的样子或情况
• 理想lǐxiǎng (third tone, dipping)希望将来能实现的、比较美好的目标
• 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
• 感想gǎn (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)impressions
• 想方设法/想方設法xiǎng (third tone, dipping) fāng (first tone, high and level) shè (fourth tone, falling) fǎ (third tone, dipping)to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
• 构想/構想gòu (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to conceive
• 胡思乱想/胡思亂想hú (second tone, rising) sī (first tone, high and level) luàn (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
• 休想xiū (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)don't think (that)
• 心想事成xīn (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)to have one's wishes come true
• 可想而知kě (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) ér (second tone, rising) zhī (first tone, high and level)it is obvious that...
• 空想kōng (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)daydream
• 异想天开/異想天開yì (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to imagine the wildest thing
• 思前想后/思前想後sī (first tone, high and level) qián (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) hòu (fourth tone, falling)to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
• 没想到/沒想到méi (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)didn't expect
• 难以想象/難以想象nányǐxiǎngxiàng (second tone, rising)Unimaginable

部首 心 — other characters

• 心xīn (first tone, high and level)heart; mind, feelings, intention; the centre of something (中心)
• 爱/愛ài (fourth tone, falling)to love; to like, to be fond of; love, affection
• 忘wàng (fourth tone, falling)to forget; to overlook, to leave behind
• 怕pà (fourth tone, falling)to fear, to be afraid of; to be afraid that; probably, I dare say