| The Chinese word | |
想 |
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| is pronounced | |
| xiǎng | xiang3 | |
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| to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to want, to miss | |
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我很想你。
wǒ hěn xiǎng nǐ. I miss you. |
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做你想做的。
zuò nǐ xiǎng zuò de. Do whatever you want. |
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你想要什么?
nǐ xiǎng yào shén me? What do you want? |
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我想要去伦敦。
wǒ xiǎng yào qù lún dūn. I'd like to go to London. |
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我什么都不想喝。
wǒ shén me dū bù xiǎng hē. I don't want anything to drink. | I don't want to drink anything. |
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我不想等那么久。
wǒ bù xiǎng děng nà me jiǔ. I don't want to wait that long. |
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我長大後想當國王。
wǒ cháng dà hòu xiǎng dāng guó wáng. When I grow up, I want to be a king. |
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因为我想成为翻译。
yīn wéi wǒ xiǎng chéng wéi fān yì. Because I want to be a translator. |
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你想走的时候就走吧。
nǐ xiǎng zǒu de shí hòu jiù zǒu bā. Go when you want. |
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我猜想你可能是对的。
wǒ cāi xiǎng nǐ kě néng shì duì de. You could be right, I suppose. |
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想吃多少饼干就吃多少。
xiǎng chī duō shǎo bǐng gān jiù chī duō shǎo. Take as many cookies as you want. |
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你走了,我们都会想你的。
nǐ zǒu liǎo, wǒ mén dū huì xiǎng nǐ de. We shall all miss you when you go away. |
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得不到的东西就最想得到。
dé bù dào de dōng xī jiù zuì xiǎng dé dào. It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable. |
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你觉得她最想要什么纪念品?
nǐ jué dé tā zuì xiǎng yào shén me jì niàn pǐn? What souvenir do you think she would like most? |
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我曾經想過當個太空物理學家。
wǒ zēng jīng xiǎng guò dāng gè tài kōng wù lǐ xué jiā. I once wanted to be an astrophysicist. |
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如果可能的话,我想环游世界。
rú guǒ kě néng de huà, wǒ xiǎng huán yóu shì jiè. If possible, I'd like to travel around the world. |
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我期待听到你在这件事上的想法 。
wǒ qī dài tīng dào nǐ zài zhè jiàn shì shàng de xiǎng fǎ . I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. |
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我也想要和你身上那件同样的外套。
wǒ yě xiǎng yào hé nǐ shēn shàng nà jiàn tóng yàng de wài tào. I want the same jacket as you are wearing. |
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即使他们有很好的酒单,我也不想在这里用餐。
jí shǐ tā mén yǒu hěn hǎo de jiǔ dān, wǒ yě bù xiǎng zài zhè lǐ yòng cān. Even if they have a good wine menu, I will not want to dine here. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

