(xiǎng xiǎng) - to think about, to give some thought to in Mandarin
xiǎngxiǎngTraditional: 想想
Translation
to think about, to give some thought to
Word origin
A reduplicated form of 想 (xiǎng) 'to think', the doubling softening it to 'have a think' or 'give it some thought'. 想 is a phono-semantic compound of 相 (phonetic) over 心 'heart/mind'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 想 (xiǎng, 'to think') reduplicated
Stroke order
想
想
Examples
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Think about this question.
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Let me think a moment.
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He thought about it and changed his mind.
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Let me think and then answer you.
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Think this matter over carefully.
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