想
想 in English
- to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
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How it used to be written
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Bronze script 春秋晚期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 3 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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"你为什么不去？""因为我不想去。"
"Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."
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“为什么你不来？”“因为我不想。”
"Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."
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“您想买什么？”“我想买条狗。”
"What would you like to buy?" "I would like to buy a dog."
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“我想打牌。”“我也是。”
"I feel like playing cards." "So do I."
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「我得买点新衣服了，」狄马想。
"I really need some new clothes," thought Dima.
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Tom总是想坐在第一排。
Tom always wants to sit in the front row.
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Tom想和Marie结婚。
Tom wants to marry Marie.