胡 hú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胡思乱想
húsīluànxiǎng
to indulge in wild thoughts; to let one's imagination run away
Characters in this word
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
乱 luàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious
Example phrases
- 你别胡思乱想，他只是今天太忙，没来得及回消息。 Nǐ bié hú sī luàn xiǎng, tā zhǐshì jīntiān tài máng, méi láidejí huí xiāoxi. Don't let your imagination run wild; he was simply too busy today and did not have time to reply.
- 晚上睡不着的时候，我总爱胡思乱想。 Wǎnshang shuì bù zháo de shíhou, wǒ zǒng ài hú sī luàn xiǎng. When I cannot sleep at night, I always let my thoughts run wild.
- 坐在窗边发呆，他又开始胡思乱想了。 Zuò zài chuāngbiān fādāi, tā yòu kāishǐ hú sī luàn xiǎng le. Sitting by the window in a daze, he started to let his thoughts wander again.
Related words
- 胡同儿 hútòngr alley
- 胡子 húzi beard and mustache
- 胡乱 húluàn randomly; carelessly; without order
- 胡闹 húnào to fool around; to act wilfully; to make trouble
- 胡说 húshuō to talk nonsense
- 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi sorry; embarrassed
- 意思 yìsi meaning
- 有意思 yǒuyìsi interesting
- 思想 sīxiǎng thought; way of thinking
- 思考 sīkǎo to think deeply
- 思维 sīwéi thinking
- 反思 fǎnsī to reflect, to think back