思想

Character by character

• 思sī9 strokesHSK 2think, consider, ponder; final particle
• 想xiǎng13 strokesHSK 1think, speculate, plan, consider

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 思想. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 想xiǎngHSK 1

  to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

• 想到xiǎng dàoHSK 2

  to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate

• 意思yì siHSK 2

  idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

• 想法xiǎng fǎHSK 2

  way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

• 梦想mèng xiǎngHSK 4

  (fig.) to dream of; dream

• 想象xiǎng xiàngHSK 4

  to imagine; to envision; imagination

• 想起xiǎng qǐHSK 2

  to recall; to think of; to call to mind

• 思考sī kǎoHSK 4

  to reflect on; to ponder over

• 理想lǐ xiǎngHSK 2

  an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

• 不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2

  to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

• 有意思yǒu yì siHSK 2

  interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun

• 想念xiǎng niànHSK 4

  to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again

• 幻想huàn xiǎngHSK 6

  delusion; fantasy

• 思维sī wéiHSK 5

  (line of) thought; thinking

• 不可思议bù kě sī yìHSK 7

  inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable

• 想不到xiǎng bu dàoHSK 6

  unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that

• 心思xīn siHSK 7

  mind; thoughts; inclination; mood

• 思路sī lùHSK 7

  line of thought; way of thinking

• 回想huí xiǎngHSK 7

  to recall; to recollect; to think back

• 联想lián xiǎngHSK 5

  to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs

• 思念sī niànHSK 7

  to think of; to long for; to miss

• 设想shè xiǎngHSK 5

  to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for

• 着想zhuó xiǎngHSK 7

  to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng]

• 猜想cāi xiǎngHSK 7

  to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis