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
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sióng-siōng / sióng-siǒng / siáng-chhiāng

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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    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 t͡ʃœːŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
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    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: /ɕi̯oŋ³¹ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: sióng-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siofngsiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: sióng-siǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: siáng-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafngchiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²/

Verb

想象

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)
懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)
打估 (Southern Pinghua)
推想 (tuīxiǎng)
推測／推测 (tuīcè)
掠算 (Xiamen & Zhangzhou Hokkien)
揣度 (formal)
擬／拟 (nǐ)
母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
派胚 (Min Nan)
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 (Min Nan)
臭青疑 (Min Nan)
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 & Xiamen Hokkien)
青疑 (Min Nan)
預計／预计 (yùjì)

Derived terms

想象力 (xiǎngxiànglì)

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