Chinese symbol for “imagine”
想象
xiǎng xiàng
to imagine; to envision; imagination
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imagine is 想象 (xiǎng xiàng), defined as: to imagine; to envision; imagination.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “imagine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 想像 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision; imagination |
| 设想 (設想) | shè xiǎng | to imagine; to assume |
| 思议 (思議) | sī yì | to imagine; to comprehend (usu. used in the negative, as in 不可思议 (bù kě sī yì) "inconceivable") |
| 幻想 | huàn xiǎng | to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 想象.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 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) |
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of; dream |
| 现象 (現象) | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; 个 (gè),种 (zhǒng) |
| 对象 (對象) | duì xiàng | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imagine”.
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