想象

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (想象)		想	象
simp. #(想象)		想	象
alternative forms		想像

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² zoeng⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sióng-siōng / sióng-siǒng / siáng-chhiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syǎng-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangshianq
    • Palladius: сянсян (sjansjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 想像 想象

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: séung jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 想像 想象

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong` xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong³ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngsiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: siáng-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafngchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/

Verb

想象

1. to imagine; to picture; to envision

   戒煙比我想象中容易多了。 [MSC, trad.]
   戒烟比我想象中容易多了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jièyān bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng róngyì duō le. [Pinyin]

   Quitting smoking was easier than I imagined.

Usage notes

In Mainland China, the form 想象 (xiǎngxiàng) is prescribed and the alternative form 想像 is proscribed. In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the form 想像 (xiǎngxiàng) is preferred.

Synonyms

• 估計／估计 (gūjì)
• 估量
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
• 假設／假设 (jiǎshè)
• 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
• 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想／悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)
• 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
• 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
• 推測／推测 (tuīcè)
• 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揣度 (formal)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
• 派胚 (Hokkien)
• 測／测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 測估／测估 (cègū)
• 測度／测度 (cèduó)
• 測算／测算 (cèsuàn)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 猜度 (cāiduó)
• 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
• 猜摸 (cāimo)
• 猜料 (cāiliào)
• 猜測／猜测 (cāicè)
• 猜詳／猜详 (cāixiáng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 虛擬／虚拟 (xūnǐ)
• 要約／要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
• 設／设 (shè)
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 辦胚／办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)
• 預計／预计 (yùjì)

 

Derived terms

• 想象力 (xiǎngxiànglì)