设想

設想

shèxiǎng

verb/noun HSK 5 #7,719

Meanings

1 to imagine; to assume; to envisage
2 an assumption; a tentative plan

Characters

to set up; to suppose

to think; to imagine

Setting up a thought — imagining or hypothesizing a scenario.

Examples

你能设想一下未来的生活吗？

Nǐ néng shèxiǎng yīxià wèilái de shēnghuó ma?

Can you imagine life in the future?

这个设想很有创意。

Zhège shèxiǎng hěn yǒu chuàngyì.

This idea is very creative.

设想一下如果没有手机会怎样。

Shèxiǎng yīxià rúguǒ méiyǒu shǒujī huì zěnyàng.

Imagine what it would be like without phones.

他的设想得到了大家的支持。

Tā de shèxiǎng dédào le dàjiā de zhīchí.

His vision received everyone's support.

Tips

usage

设想 often implies a hypothetical or forward-looking scenario. As a noun, it means a tentative plan or vision. Compare with 想象 (xiǎngxiàng), which is more general 'imagination.'

usage

Compare: 想象 (imagine, general), 设想 (envisage, more purposeful/hypothetical), 幻想 (fantasize, unrealistic).

Stroke Order

设 shè

想 xiǎng