想 soeng² {xiǎng}

to imagine

想 soeng² {xiǎng}

1. to think
2. to believe
3. to suppose
4. to wish
5. to want
6. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)

想望 soeng² mong⁶ {xiǎng wàng}

verb; hope; admire

想想 soeng² soeng² {xiǎng xiang}

verb; to think or think twice

想話〔-话〕 soeng² waa⁶ {xiǎng huà}

thinking of… (doing something); want to say

想必 soeng² bit¹ {xiǎng bì}

1. presumably
2. probably
3. in all likelihood
4. surely

想出 soeng² ceot¹ {xiǎng chū}

1. to figure out
2. to work out (a solution etc)
3. to think up
4. to come up with (an idea etc)

想到 soeng² dou³ {xiǎng dào}

1. to think of
2. to call to mind
3. to anticipate

想法 soeng² faat³ {xiǎng fǎ}

1. way of thinking
2. opinion
3. notion
4. to think of a way (to do sth)
5. CL: 個

想家 soeng² gaa¹ {xiǎng jiā}

homesick

想見〔-见〕 soeng² gin³ {xiǎng jiàn}

1. to infer
2. to gather

想起 soeng² hei² {xiǎng qǐ}

1. to recall
2. to think of
3. to call to mind

想開〔-开〕 soeng² hoi¹ {xiǎng kāi}

1. to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
2. to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things
3. to accept the situation and move on

想要 soeng² jiu³ {xiǎng yào}

1. to want to
2. to feel like
3. to fancy
4. to care for sb
5. desirous of

想來〔-来〕 soeng² loi⁴ {xiǎng lái}

it may be assumed that

想念 soeng² nim⁶ {xiǎng niàn}

1. to miss
2. to remember with longing
3. to long to see again

想睡 soeng² seoi⁶ {xiǎng shuì}

1. drowsy
2. sleepy

想頭〔-头〕 soeng² tau⁴ {xiǎng tou}

1. (coll.) idea
2. hope

想通 soeng² tung¹ {xiǎng tōng}

1. to figure out
2. to realize
3. to become convinced
4. to come round (to an idea)
5. to get over it

想像 soeng² zoeng⁶ {xiǎng xiàng}

1. to imagine
2. to conceive of
3. to visualize
4. imagination

想象 soeng² zoeng⁶ {xiǎng xiàng}

1. to imagine
2. to fancy
3. CL: 個

想得到 soeng² dak¹ dou³ {xiǎng de dào}

want to have; be able to think; it is imaginable; it is conceivable

想不到 soeng² bat¹ dou³ {xiǎng bu dào}

1. unexpected
2. hard to imagine
3. it had not occurred to me
4. who could have thought that

想不開〔--开〕 soeng² bat¹ hoi¹ {xiǎng bu kāi}

1. cannot figure out
2. to be unable to take a lighter view
3. to take things too hard
4. to be depressed
5. to fret over trifles

想不通 soeng² bat¹ tung¹ {xiǎng bu tōng}

1. unable to understand
2. unable to get over

想得開〔--开〕 soeng² dak¹ hoi¹ {xiǎng de kāi}

1. to not take to heart
2. to be free of worried thoughts
3. to adopt a lighthearted perspective
4. lighthearted

想得美 soeng² dak¹ mei⁵ {xiǎng dé měi}

1. in your dreams!
2. as if!
3. You wish!
4. I wish that were so

想當然〔-当-〕 soeng² dong¹ jin⁴ {xiǎng dāng rán}

to take sth for granted

想起來〔--来〕 soeng² hei² loi⁴ {xiǎng qi lai}

1. to remember
2. to recall

想想看 soeng² soeng² hon³ {xiǎng xiǎng kàn}

to think about it

想像力 soeng² zoeng⁶ lik⁶ {xiǎng xiàng lì}

1. conception
2. imagination

想象力 soeng² zoeng⁶ lik⁶ {xiǎng xiàng lì}

imagination

想點就點〔-点-点〕 soeng² dim² zau⁶ dim² {xiǎng diǎn jiù diǎn}

do whatever one wants to do

想方設法〔--设-〕 soeng² fong¹ cit³ faat³ {xiǎng fāng shè fǎ}

1. to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
2. to try this, that and the other

想入非非 soeng² jap⁶ fei¹ fei¹ {xiǎng rù fēi fēi}

to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild

想唔…都幾難〔----几难〕 soeng² m⁴ dou¹ gei² naan⁴ {xiǎng ń … dōu jǐ nán}

it's hard to refuse what is going to happen