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想象

xiǎng xiàng · xiang xiang

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Meaning

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  1. to imagine; to envision
  2. imagination
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The beach next year

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)能(néng)想象(xiǎngxiàng)吗(ma)？明年(míngnián)我们(wǒmen)要(yào)去(qù)海边(hǎibiān)。

    Can you imagine? Next year we will go to the seaside.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)想象(xiǎngxiàng)海(hǎi)的(de)声音(shēngyīn)。

    I am imagining the sound of the sea.

  3. Dengdeng

    想象(xiǎngxiàng)一下(yīxià)，我们(wǒmen)坐(zuò)在(zài)沙滩(shātān)上(shàng)。

    Imagine us sitting on the beach.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)想象(xiǎngxiàng)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一(yī)杯(bēi)冰(bīng)西瓜汁(xīguāzhī)。

    In my imagination there is a glass of iced watermelon juice.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)想象(xiǎngxiàng)里(lǐ)总是(zǒngshì)有(yǒu)吃(chī)的(de)。

    Your imagination always has food in it.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)无(wú)法(fǎ)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)另(lìng)一(yí)个(gè)星(xīng)球(qiú)上(shàng)的(de)生(shēng)物(wù)。

I can't imagine what creatures living on another planet are like.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by fengli · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)可(kě)以(yǐ)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)在(zài)月(yuè)球(qiú)上(shàng)行(xíng)走(zǒu)吗(ma)？

Can you imagine walking on the moon?

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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