想像

xiǎngxiàng

Traditional: 想像

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Translation

to imagine, imagination

Word origin

A compound of 想 (xiǎng, to think) and 像 (xiàng, image, likeness), together meaning to form an image in the mind, a variant writing of 想象.

Origin
compound
Root
想 (xiǎng, to think) + 像 (xiàng, image)

Stroke order

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Examples

I cannot imagine that scene.

fēng

Children have rich imaginations.

Please imagine the city of the future.

Things are more complicated than I imagined.

huán

She often imagines travelling around the world.

想像 (xiǎng xiàng) means to imagine or imagination. It is a common variant spelling of 想象, describing forming a picture of something in the mind.

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This word is part of lesson 35.