想象 (xiǎngxiàng) means Imagine (to think). Below are 5 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
孩子的 想象 力很丰富。
Háizi de xiǎngxiànglì hěn fēngfù.
Children have rich imaginations.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 想象
很难 想象 他当时的心情。
Hěn nán xiǎngxiàng tā dāngshí de xīnqíng.
It is hard to imagine how he felt then.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 想象
形势比 想象 的更严峻。
Xíngshì bǐ xiǎngxiàng de gèng yánjùn.
The situation is more severe than imagined.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严峻
请不要限制孩子的 想象 力。
Qǐng bùyào xiànzhì háizi de xiǎngxiànglì.
Please do not limit children's imagination.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 限制
战争的现实比 想象 中更残酷。
Zhànzhēng de xiànshí bǐ xiǎngxiàng zhōng gèng cánkù.
The reality of war is crueller than one imagines.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残酷
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How is 想象 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 想象 (xiǎngxiàng, "Imagine (to think)"), 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.
Is 想象 an HSK word?
Yes — 想象 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 想象?
The dictionary page for 想象 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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