想象
xiǎngxiàng
to imagine
Characters in this word
象 xiàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 豕 — pig, boar
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 口 mouth 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我无法想象。 Wǒ wúfǎ xiǎngxiàng. I cannot imagine it.
- 你想象一下。 Nǐ xiǎngxiàng yíxià. Imagine it for a moment.
- 孩子爱想象。 Háizi ài xiǎngxiàng. Children love to imagine.
Related words
- 想 xiǎng to want; to think; to miss
- 理想 lǐxiǎng dream; ideal
- 想到 xiǎngdào to think of; to remember
- 想法 xiǎngfǎ idea
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 思想 sīxiǎng thought; way of thinking
- 没想到 méixiǎngdào to not expect
- 梦想 mèngxiǎng dream; wish
- 想念 xiǎngniàn to miss someone
- 感想 gǎnxiǎng thoughts and feelings
- 联想 liánxiǎng to associate with; association
- 设想 shèxiǎng idea; to imagine