想

See also: xiang

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 相 + semantic 心 (“heart, mind”) – to think, to consider.

Han character

想 (radical 61 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木山心 (DUP), four-corner 4633₀, composition ⿱相心)

1. think, speculate, plan, consider

References

• KangXi: page 392, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10858
• Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2320, character 11
• Unihan data for U+60F3

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): síong
• Min Nan (POJ): siūⁿ / sióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng²
    • Yale: séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng²
    • IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: síong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong3
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ / sióng
    • Tâi-lô: siūnn / sióng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiũ³³/, /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiũ²²/, /ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  • Note: siūⁿ - vernacular, sióng - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (想, reconstructed)
Character (想), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 息兩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/sɨɐŋX/	/si̯aŋX/	/siaŋX/	/siɐŋX/	/sɨaŋX/	/sĭaŋX/	/siɑŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (想, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
想								xiǎng								‹ sjangX ›								/*[s]aŋʔ/								think
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
想					13585					相					陽					0					想					/*slaŋʔ/

Verb

想

1. think (to conceive of something or someone)

   • 我想她是衰老了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le. [Pinyin]

     I think she's going senile.

2. to think about; to plan; to be considering

   • 我想在暑假打工。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ xiǎng zài shǔjiǎ dǎgōng. [Pinyin]

     I'm planning to get a job for the summer.

3. to think; to suppose; to guess; to reckon

   • 我想我能給你找到合適的尺碼。 [MSC, trad.]

     我想我能给你找到合适的尺码。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng gěi nǐ zhǎodào héshì de chǐmǎ. [Pinyin]

     I think I can find the right size for you.

4. to want; to wish for; to desire

   • 還想喝一杯嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

     还想喝一杯吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     Hái xiǎng hē yī bēi ma? [Pinyin]

     Would you like another drink?

   • 她想當芭蕾舞演員。 [MSC, trad.]

     她想当芭蕾舞演员。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā xiǎng dāng bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán. [Pinyin]

     She wants to be a ballet dancer.

5. to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)

   • 你走了我會想你的。 [MSC, trad.]

     你走了我会想你的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ zǒu le wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ de. [Pinyin]

     I'll miss you when you're gone.

Compounds

Related terms

想必 想不到 想不开、想不開 想当然、想當然 想得开、想得開 想得美 想到 想法 想方设法、想方設法 想家 想开、想開 想来、想來 想念

想起 想起来、想起來 想入非非 想睡 想通 想望 想象 想象力 想像 想像力 想要 猜想

感想 构想、構想 幻想 回想 空想 理想 梦想、夢想 瞑想 思前想后、思前想後 妄想 心想事成 意想

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

想

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そう (sō), そ (so)
• Kun: おもう (omou), おもい (omoi)

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Korean

Hanja

想 (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

想 (tưởng)

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