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 (math.)
simp. and trad. (想象)		想	象
variant forms		想像

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² zoeng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-siong
Min Nan (POJ): sióng-siōng / sióng-siǒng / siáng-chhiāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xiǎngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangshianq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    想像
    想象
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: soeng² zoeng⁶
  - Yale: séung jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng² zêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ³⁵ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²²/
  - 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
  - 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
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.

Derived terms

想象力 (xiǎngxiànglì)

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