设 想

shèxiǎng

verbnounHSK 5

“To imagine” in Chinese is 设想 (shèxiǎng).

Meaning

to imagine
to assume
to envisage

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tentative plan
to have consideration for

Example

我有一个设想。

I had a vision.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shèHSK 36 strokesto set up; to put in place xiǎngHSK 113 strokesto think (about)

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Not to be confused with: 摄像 (shèxiàng, to videotape)