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(xiǎng dào) - to think of, to come to mind in Mandarin

xiǎngdào

Traditional: 想到

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Translation

to think of, to come to mind

Word origin

A two-character compound meaning to think of or to come to mind. 想 (xiǎng) 'to think' joins 到 (dào) 'to arrive, to reach', the resultative complement indicating the thought is reached.

Origin
compound
Root
想 (xiǎng, 'to think') + 到 (dào, 'to reach')

Stroke order

Stroke order for 想

Stroke order for 到

Examples

I've thought of a good idea.

I didn't expect you to come.

She thought of her mother.

I didn't expect you would come.

She suddenly thought of a good idea.

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This word is part of lesson 15.