shè xiǎng

Traditional: 設想

HSK 5

设想 (shè xiǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to imagine; to assume; to envisage”.

Meanings

  1. 1to imagine
  2. 2to assume
  3. 3to envisage
  4. 4tentative plan
  5. 5to have consideration for
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 设想

设shè · to set up; to put in place想xiǎng · to think (about)

Related words

想to think (about)想到to think of想法way of thinking; opinion; notion想象to imagine; to envision梦想(fig.) to dream of设计to design; to plan想起to recall想念to miss幻想to fantasize; to imagine假设to suppose设备equipment; facilities; installations思想thought

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