想 (xiǎng) means Think (want to- to miss). Below are 24 of the 76 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
我 想 买一件衣服。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi yíjiàn yīfu.
I wanted to buy a piece of clothing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我和朋友 想 去公园。
wǒ hé péngyou xiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My friend and I wanted to go to the park.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我 想 ：她一定忘了。
wǒ xiǎng: tā yīdìng wàngle.
I thought: she must have forgotten.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我们 想 在山上看日出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
爸爸说：“你 想 吃什么？”
bàba shuō:" nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?"
Dad said, "What do you want to eat?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我很高兴，我 想 学得更好。
wǒ hěn gāoxìng, wǒ xiǎng xué dé / děi / de gènghǎo.
I'm very happy, and I want to get better.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
From the travel phrasebook
我们 想 继续合作。
Wǒmen xiǎng jìxù hézuò.
We want to keep working together.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
我 想 试试。
Wǒ xiǎng shìshi.
I'd like to give it a try.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试
我 想 去中国。
Wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó.
I'd like to go to China.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
我 想 起来了！
Wǒ xiǎng qǐlái le!
I've just remembered!
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
我 想 喝一杯茶。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi chá.
I'd like a cup of tea.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我 想 问一个问题。
Wǒ xiǎng wèn yí ge wèntí.
I'd like to ask a question.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
想 appears in 76 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 想
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 想
How is 想 used in a sentence?
This page shows 76 sentences using 想 (xiǎng, "Think (want to- to miss)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 想 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 想 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 想 an HSK word?
Yes — 想 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 想?
The dictionary page for 想 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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