想 (xiǎng): meaning and stroke order
想 (xiǎng) means to think (about), to think of; to devise, to think (that); to believe (that).
想
- Simplified
- 想
- Traditional
- 想 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiǎng
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Stroke order of 想
想
- xiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise
- 13 strokes
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Meaning of 想
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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)
Radical and structure
- 想
- Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 相 on top, 心 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 想
- 想到 xiǎng dào to think of; to call to mind
- 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
- 想通 xiǎng tōng to figure out; to realize
- 想象 xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 梦想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream
- 想起来 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall
- 没想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect
- 理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal; a dream
- 想念 xiǎng niàn to miss; to remember with longing
想 in our stories
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服务员说：“你想吃什么？”
fúwùyuán shuō nǐ xiǎng chī shénme
The waiter says, "What would you like to eat?"
From the story At the restaurant HSK 1
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周亮想了想，说：“好吧。”
Zhōu Liàng xiǎng le xiǎng shuō hǎo ba
Zhou Liang thought for a moment and said, "OK."
From the story Next Friday HSK 2
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刘阳想了一下，说：“中午吃了两碗面条，晚上吃了很多冰西瓜。”
Liú Yáng xiǎng le yíxià shuō zhōngwǔ chī le liǎng wǎn miàntiáo wǎnshang chī le hěn duō bīng xīguā
Liu Yang thinks for a moment and says, "Two bowls of noodles at lunch, and a lot of ice-cold watermelon in the evening."
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
Where you learn it
想 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 想
- At the restaurant HSK 1
- Next Friday HSK 2
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- A little more every day HSK 2
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- The cheap room HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).