Chinese word dictionary

暗想

àn xiǎng · think to oneself

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Word information

Simplified暗想

Traditional暗想

Pinyinàn xiǎng

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

暗àn

dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert

想xiǎng

to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

How to learn 暗想

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Words with the same characters

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想xiǎng

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)

理想lǐxiǎng

an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

梦想mèngxiǎng

(fig.) to dream of; dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

暗àn

(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4]); dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]

思想sīxiǎng

thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]