Chinese word dictionary

胡想

hú xiǎng · see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified胡想

Traditional胡想

Pinyinhú xiǎng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

胡hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

想xiǎng

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

How to learn 胡想

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

梦想mèngxiǎng

(fig.) to dream of; dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

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

胡同hútòng

lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]; variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]

思想sīxiǎng

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