Chinese word dictionary

梦想

mèngxiǎng · (fig.) to dream of; dream

Practice word

Word information

Simplified梦想

Traditional夢想

Pinyinmèngxiǎng

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

梦mèng

dream

想xiǎng

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

How to learn 梦想

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

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mèng

dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4]); (bound form) to dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

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

做梦zuòmèng

to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking

思想sīxiǎng

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