Thought in Chinese
thought · HSK 4
想法
- 想 to think
- 法 law
Counted with 个: 一个想法
你有什么想法？说说看。 What are your thoughts? Tell us.
Other ways to say thought
More words with 想 or 法
How do you say thought in Chinese?
Thought in Chinese is 想法 (xiǎng fǎ). You can also say 思维 (sī wéi), 思想 (sī 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?
The CC-CEDICT 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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.