設想

See also: 设想

Chinese

		to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
trad. (設想)		設	想
simp. (设想)		设	想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ soeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-sióng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siat-sióng / siat-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: shè-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehsheang
    • Palladius: шэсян (šɛsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ soeng²
    • Yale: chit séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-sióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sad` xiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ xiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚² si̯oŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: siat-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siatsiorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: siat-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siatsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ siaŋ⁵³/

Verb

設想

1. to suppose; to presume; to envisage
2. to consider; to have consideration for

Synonyms

• (to suppose):

• 估計／估计 (gūjì)
• 估量
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
• 假設／假设 (jiǎshè)
• 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
• 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
• 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想／悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)
• 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
• 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
• 推測／推测 (tuīcè)
• 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揣度 (formal)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
• 派胚 (Hokkien)
• 測／测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 測估／测估 (cègū)
• 測度／测度 (cèduó)
• 測算／测算 (cèsuàn)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 猜度 (cāiduó)
• 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
• 猜摸 (cāimo)
• 猜料 (cāiliào)
• 猜測／猜测 (cāicè)
• 猜詳／猜详 (cāixiáng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 虛擬／虚拟 (xūnǐ)
• 要約／要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
• 設／设 (shè)
• 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 辦胚／办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)
• 預計／预计 (yùjì)

 

• (to consider):

• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思／寻思
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

 

Noun

設想

1. supposition; presumption; idea; thought

Synonyms

• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假設／假设 (jiǎshè)
• 假說／假说 (jiǎshuō)

 

Derived terms

• 不堪設想／不堪设想 (bùkānshèxiǎng)