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想象

xiǎng xiàng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

想象 (xiǎng xiàng) means "to imagine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 想象 means

1. to imagine; to envision
2. imagination

The characters in 想象

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form

Example sentences

• 那只是你的想象。
  It's just your imagination.
• 这只是你的想象。
  It's just your imagination.
• 发挥您的想象力。
  Use your imagination.
• 比我想象中的更简单。
  That was easier than I thought it would be.
• 这只是脑子想象出来的。
  Zhè zhǐ shì nǎozi xiǎngxiàng chūlái de.
  It's just imaginary.
• 我想你用自己的想象力。
  Wǒ xiǎng nǐ yòng zìjǐ de xiǎngxiànglì.
  I want you to use your imagination.

Words starting with 想象

• 想象力xiǎng xiàng lìimagination

Sounds the same

Read xiǎng xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 想像to imagine; to envision; imagination

Where 想象 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Hope, Longing & Pursuit (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiǎng xiàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.