to want; to think (v.)
HSK 1
Traditional
想 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
响 xiǎng - echo (v.) | HSK 4
Phonetically similar words
像 xiàng - likeness; resemble; look as if (v.) | HSK 3
向 xiàng - towards (prep.) | HSK 3
香 xiāng - fragrant (adj.) | HSK 4
项 xiàng - nape (of the neck); sum (of money); term [mathematics] (clf.) | HSK 5
巷 xiàng - lane; alley (n.) | HSK 6
Examples
我想吃饭。 wǒ xiǎng chīfàn. - I want to eat.
我想和你聊聊。 wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ liáoliáo. - I want to talk to you.
你想喝什么？ nǐ xiǎng hē shénme? - What do you want to drink?
我不想去。 wǒ bù xiǎng qù. - I don’t want to go.
她想买新车。 tā xiǎng mǎi xīn chē. - She wants to buy a new car.
Phrases
理想 lǐ xiǎng - ideal; ambition (n.) | HSK 4
感想 gǎn xiǎng - impression; reflection; thought (n.) | HSK 5
幻想 huàn xiǎng - illusion; fantasy; figment of one's imagination (v.) | HSK 5
梦想 mèng xiǎng - hope vainly; pipe dream (n.) | HSK 5
思想 sī xiǎng - thought; idea (n.) | HSK 5
想念 xiǎng niàn - long to see again; miss (v.) | HSK 5
想象 xiǎng xiàng - imagine; think; visualize (v.) | HSK 5
空想 kōng xiǎng - daydream; fantasy (v.) | HSK 6
联想 lián xiǎng - associate; connect in the mind (v.) | HSK 6
设想 shè xiǎng - imagine; envisage; conceive (v.) | HSK 6
妄想 wàng xiǎng - vain hope; wishful thinking (v.) | HSK 6
想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ - find ways and means to; in every possible way () | HSK 6
着想 zhuó xiǎng - consider; take into consideration (v.) | HSK 6