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Chinese symbol for “fantasize”

幻想
huàn xiǎng
to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fantasize is 幻想 (huàn xiǎng), defined as: to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy.

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Characters and stroke order

幻 huàn
fantasy, illusion, mirage; imaginary
radical 52 ⼳ · 4 strokes
想 xiǎng
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fantasize”

WordPinyinMeaning
意淫yì yínto fantasize; (esp.) to have a sexual fantasy about (sb)
空想kōng xiǎngdaydream; fantasy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 幻想.

WordPinyinMeaning
梦幻 (夢幻)mèng huàndream; illusion
幻觉 (幻覺)huàn juéillusion; hallucination
科幻kē huànscience fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想 (kē xué huàn xiǎng)
奇幻qí huànfantasy (fiction)
虚幻 (虛幻)xū huànimaginary; illusory
想要xiǎng yàoto want to; to feel like
思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking
不想bù xiǎngunexpectedly; to one's surprise

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