想像

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
simp. and trad. (想像)		想	像
alt. forms		想象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-siong
• Min Nan (POJ): sióng-siǒng / sióng-siōng / siáng-chhiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: xiǎngxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangshianq
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 想像 想象

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: soeng² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: séung jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² zêng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
    • 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
    • IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ³¹ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngsiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: siáng-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafngchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²/

Verb

想像

1. to imagine; to picture

Derived terms

• 想像力 (xiǎngxiànglì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
想	像
そう Grade: 3	ぞう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

想像 (hiragana そうぞう, rōmaji sōzō, historical hiragana さうざう)

1. imagination

   想 (そう)像 (ぞう)以 (い)上 (じょう)

   sōzō ijō

   beyond one's imagination

2. guess, suppose

Verb

想像する (hiragana そうぞう, rōmaji sōzō, historical hiragana さうざう)

1. imagine
2. guess, suppose

Conjugation

Conjugation of "想像する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	想像し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Continuative (連用形)	想像し	そうぞうし	sōzō shi
Terminal (終止形)	想像する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Attributive (連体形)	想像する	そうぞうする	sōzō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	想像すれ	そうぞうすれ	sōzō sure
Imperative (命令形)	想像せよ¹ 想像しろ²	そうぞうせよ¹ そうぞうしろ²	sōzō seyo¹ sōzō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	想像される	そうぞうされる	sōzō sareru
Causative	想像させる 想像さす	そうぞうさせる そうぞうさす	sōzō saseru sōzō sasu
Potential	想像できる	そうぞうできる	sōzō dekiru
Volitional	想像しよう	そうぞうしよう	sōzō shiyō
Negative	想像しない	そうぞうしない	sōzō shinai
Negative continuative	想像せず	そうぞうせず	sōzō sezu
Formal	想像します	そうぞうします	sōzō shimasu
Perfective	想像した	そうぞうした	sōzō shita
Conjunctive	想像して	そうぞうして	sōzō shite
Hypothetical conditional	想像すれば	そうぞうすれば	sōzō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative