Imagine in Chinese
to imagine · HSK 5
想象
- 想 to think
- 象 elephant
我无法想象没有手机的生活。 I can't imagine life without a phone.
Other ways to say imagine
More words with 想 or 象
How do you say imagine in Chinese?
Imagine in Chinese is 想象 (xiǎng xiàng). You can also say 设想 (shè xiǎng), 幻想 (huàn xiǎng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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