肖想

xiàoxiǎng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to dream of having (something out of reach)
  2. 2 to covet wishfully
  3. 3 to fancy one's chances (Taiwanese Mandarin)

Examples

Nǐ bié xiàoxiǎng le, tā gēnběn bù huì zhùyì nǐ.
Stop kidding yourself — she won't even notice you.
Píng nǐ de chéngjì hái xiàoxiǎng Tái-Dà?
With your grades you're still dreaming of National Taiwan University?

Tips

register
Taiwanese Mandarin, borrowed from Hokkien (Tâi-lô: siàu-siūnn). Very colloquial — used to mock someone's unrealistic ambition or crush. Uncommon in mainland speech; the rough mainland equivalent is 痴心妄想 (chīxīn-wàngxiǎng) or .
mistakes
Don't confuse with (to think) plus in its other reading xiào ('resemble'). Here the whole word is a fixed Taiwanese loan and the meaning is closer to 'covet' than to 'resemble + think'.

Stroke Order

xiào
xiǎng