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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
想 xiǎng	想 \| 想* \| *想	to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)	HSK 1


思想 sīxiǎng	思想 \| 思想* \| *思想	thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


梦想 mèngxiǎng	梦想 \| 梦想* \| *梦想	(fig.) to dream of / dream	夢想 HSK 5


理想 lǐxiǎng	理想 \| 理想* \| *理想	an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect	HSK 4


想要 xiǎngyào	想要 \| 想要* \| *想要	to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of


幻想 huànxiǎng	幻想 \| 幻想* \| *幻想	delusion / fantasy	HSK 5


联想 Liánxiǎng	联想 \| 联想* \| *联想	abbr. for 聯想集團｜联想集团	聯想


联想 liánxiǎng	联想 \| 联想* \| *联想	to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs	聯想 HSK 6


想到 xiǎngdào	想到 \| 想到* \| *想到	to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate


不想 bùxiǎng	不想 \| 不想* \| *不想	unexpectedly


没想到 méixiǎngdào	没想到 \| 没想到* \| *没想到	didn't expect	沒想到


想法 xiǎngfǎ	想法 \| 想法* \| *想法	way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) / CL: 個｜个


想象 xiǎngxiàng	想象 \| 想象* \| *想象	to imagine / to fancy / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


想起 xiǎngqǐ	想起 \| 想起* \| *想起	to recall / to think of / to call to mind


想象力 xiǎngxiànglì	想象力 \| 想象力* \| *想象力	imagination


设想 shèxiǎng	设想 \| 设想* \| *设想	to imagine / to assume / to envisage / tentative plan / to have consideration for	設想 HSK 6


最终幻想 Zuìzhōng Huànxiǎng	最终幻想 \| 最终幻想* \| *最终幻想	Final Fantasy (video game)	最終幻想


猜想 cāixiǎng	猜想 \| 猜想* \| *猜想	to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / to suspect


想来 xiǎnglái	想来 \| 想来* \| *想来	it may be assumed that	想來


意想不到 yìxiǎngbùdào	意想不到 \| 意想不到* \| *意想不到	unexpected / previously unimagined


新思想 xīnsīxiǎng	新思想 \| 新思想* \| *新思想	new ideas


想不到 xiǎngbudào	想不到 \| 想不到* \| *想不到	unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that


毛泽东思想 Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng	毛泽东思想 \| 毛泽东思想* \| *毛泽东思想	Mao Zedong Thought / Maoism	毛澤東思想


心想 xīnxiǎng	心想 \| 心想* \| *心想	to think to oneself / to think / to assume


感想 gǎnxiǎng	感想 \| 感想* \| *感想	impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL: 通, 個｜个	HSK 5


构想 gòuxiǎng	构想 \| 构想* \| *构想	to conceive / concept	構想


想必 xiǎngbì	想必 \| 想必* \| *想必	presumably / probably / in all likelihood / surely


想像 xiǎngxiàng	想像 \| 想像* \| *想像	to imagine / to conceive of / to visualize / imagination


所想 suǒxiǎng	所想 \| 所想* \| *所想	what one considers / one's thoughts


回想 huíxiǎng	回想 \| 回想* \| *回想	to recall / to recollect / to think back


想念 xiǎngniàn	想念 \| 想念* \| *想念	to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again	HSK 5


畅想 chàngxiǎng	畅想 \| 畅想* \| *畅想	to think freely / unfettered imagination	暢想


着想 zhuóxiǎng	着想 \| 着想* \| *着想	to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]	著想 HSK 6


想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ	想方设法 \| 想方设法* \| *想方设法	to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other	想方設法


遐想 xiáxiǎng	遐想 \| 遐想* \| *遐想	reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts


假想 jiǎxiǎng	假想 \| 假想* \| *假想	imaginary / virtual / to imagine / hypothesis


妄想 wàngxiǎng	妄想 \| 妄想* \| *妄想	to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion	HSK 6


想见 xiǎngjiàn	想见 \| 想见* \| *想见	to infer / to gather	想見


狂想 kuángxiǎng	狂想 \| 狂想* \| *狂想	fantasy / illusion / vain dream


预想 yùxiǎng	预想 \| 预想* \| *预想	to anticipate / to expect	預想


想开 xiǎngkāi	想开 \| 想开* \| *想开	to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on	想開


可想而知 kěxiǎng'érzhī	可想而知 \| 可想而知* \| *可想而知	it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine...


试想 shìxiǎng	试想 \| 试想* \| *试想	just think! / imagine that!	試想


想起来 xiǎngqilai	想起来 \| 想起来* \| *想起来	to remember / to recall	想起來


休想 xiūxiǎng	休想 \| 休想* \| *休想	don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)


理想主义 lǐxiǎngzhǔyì	理想主义 \| 理想主义* \| *理想主义	idealism	理想主義


统一思想 tǒngyīsīxiǎng	统一思想 \| 统一思想* \| *统一思想	with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose	統一思想


胡思乱想 húsīluànxiǎng	胡思乱想 \| 胡思乱想* \| *胡思乱想	to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild	胡思亂想


梦想家 mèngxiǎngjiā	梦想家 \| 梦想家* \| *梦想家	dreamer / visionary	夢想家


想当然 xiǎngdāngrán	想当然 \| 想当然* \| *想当然	to take sth for granted	想當然


想出 xiǎngchū	想出 \| 想出* \| *想出	to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)


政治思想 zhèngzhìsīxiǎng	政治思想 \| 政治思想* \| *政治思想	political thought / ideology


想不开 xiǎngbukāi	想不开 \| 想不开* \| *想不开	cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles	想不開


冥想 míngxiǎng	冥想 \| 冥想* \| *冥想	to meditate / meditation


远大理想 yuǎndàlǐxiǎng	远大理想 \| 远大理想* \| *远大理想	lofty ideal	遠大理想


联想集团 Liánxiǎng Jítuán	联想集团 \| 联想集团* \| *联想集团	Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)	聯想集團


空想 kōngxiǎng	空想 \| 空想* \| *空想	daydream / fantasy / to fantasize	HSK 6


科学幻想 kēxuéhuànxiǎng	科学幻想 \| 科学幻想* \| *科学幻想	science fiction	科學幻想


不堪设想 bùkānshèxiǎng	不堪设想 \| 不堪设想* \| *不堪设想	too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable	不堪設想


理想化 lǐxiǎnghuà	理想化 \| 理想化* \| *理想化	to idealize


思想意识 sīxiǎngyìshí	思想意识 \| 思想意识* \| *思想意识	consciousness	思想意識


异想天开 yìxiǎngtiānkāi	异想天开 \| 异想天开* \| *异想天开	to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy	異想天開


对比联想 duìbǐliánxiǎng	对比联想 \| 对比联想* \| *对比联想	word association / association of ideas	對比聯想


想入非非 xiǎngrùfēifēi	想入非非 \| 想入非非* \| *想入非非	to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild


浮想联翩 fúxiǎngliánpiān	浮想联翩 \| 浮想联翩* \| *浮想联翩	to let one's imagination roam	浮想聯翩


臆想 yìxiǎng	臆想 \| 臆想* \| *臆想	subjective idea


突发奇想 tūfāqíxiǎng	突发奇想 \| 突发奇想* \| *突发奇想	suddenly have a thought (idiom) / suddenly be inspired to do something	突發奇想


可想像 kěxiǎngxiàng	可想像 \| 可想像* \| *可想像	conceivable


想通 xiǎngtōng	想通 \| 想通* \| *想通	to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it


理想国 Lǐxiǎngguó	理想国 \| 理想国* \| *理想国	Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC)	理想國


理想国 lǐxiǎngguó	理想国 \| 理想国* \| *理想国	ideal state / utopia	理想國


想想看 xiǎngxiǎngkàn	想想看 \| 想想看* \| *想想看	to think about it


儒家思想 Rújiāsīxiǎng	儒家思想 \| 儒家思想* \| *儒家思想	Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school


绮想 qǐxiǎng	绮想 \| 绮想* \| *绮想	fantasies / imaginings	綺想


思想体系 sīxiǎngtǐxì	思想体系 \| 思想体系* \| *思想体系	system of thought / ideology	思想體系


想睡 xiǎngshuì	想睡 \| 想睡* \| *想睡	drowsy / sleepy


构想图 gòuxiǎngtú	构想图 \| 构想图* \| *构想图	notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)	構想圖


妄想症 wàngxiǎngzhèng	妄想症 \| 妄想症* \| *妄想症	delusional disorder / (fig.) paranoia


暗想 ànxiǎng	暗想 \| 暗想* \| *暗想	think to oneself


联想起 liánxiǎngqǐ	联想起 \| 联想起* \| *联想起	to associate / to think of	聯想起


痴心妄想 chīxīnwàngxiǎng	痴心妄想 \| 痴心妄想* \| *痴心妄想	to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking


朝思暮想 zhāosīmùxiǎng	朝思暮想 \| 朝思暮想* \| *朝思暮想	to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)


冥思苦想 míngsīkǔxiǎng	冥思苦想 \| 冥思苦想* \| *冥思苦想	to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains


思前想后 sīqiánxiǎnghòu	思前想后 \| 思前想后* \| *思前想后	to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection	思前想後


思想库 sīxiǎngkù	思想库 \| 思想库* \| *思想库	think tank (committee set up to study a problem)	思想庫


苦思冥想 kǔsīmíngxiǎng	苦思冥想 \| 苦思冥想* \| *苦思冥想	to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains


左思右想 zuǒsīyòuxiǎng	左思右想 \| 左思右想* \| *左思右想	to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder


揣想 chuǎixiǎng	揣想 \| 揣想* \| *揣想	to conjecture


思想包袱 sīxiǎngbāofu	思想包袱 \| 思想包袱* \| *思想包袱	sth weighing on one's mind


断想 duànxiǎng	断想 \| 断想* \| *断想	brief commentary	斷想


观想 guānxiǎng	观想 \| 观想* \| *观想	to visualize (Buddhist practice)	觀想


思想交流 sīxiǎngjiāoliú	思想交流 \| 思想交流* \| *思想交流	exchange of ideas


推想 tuīxiǎng	推想 \| 推想* \| *推想	to reckon / to infer / to imagine


封建思想 fēngjiànsīxiǎng	封建思想 \| 封建思想* \| *封建思想	feudal way of thinking


初步设想 chūbùshèxiǎng	初步设想 \| 初步设想* \| *初步设想	tentative idea	初步設想


空想社会主义 kōngxiǎngshèhuìzhǔyì	空想…主义 \| 空想…主义* \| *空想…主义	utopian socialism	空想社會主義


默想 mòxiǎng	默想 \| 默想* \| *默想	silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence


哥德巴赫猜想 Gēdébāhècāixiǎng	哥德…猜想 \| 哥德…猜想* \| *哥德…猜想	the Goldbach conjecture in number theory


发想 fāxiǎng	发想 \| 发想* \| *发想	to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration	發想


想得开 xiǎngdekāi	想得开 \| 想得开* \| *想得开	to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted	想得開

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