HSK 5 · Verbs

幻想 huànxiǎng “to fantasise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 幻想 means

  1. to fantasise
  2. fantasy
  3. illusion
  4. to imagine

How to say 幻想

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幻huàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale想xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

幻想 in a sentence

  1. 太空旅行已不再是幻想。

    Tàikōng lǚxíng yǐ búzài shì huànxiǎng.

    Space travel is no longer a dream.

    Sentence #10326108 from Tatoeba

  2. 他幻想自己是个天才。

    Tā huànxiǎng zìjǐ shì ge tiāncái.

    He fantasised that he was a genius.

    Sentence #886528 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 现实和幻想是很难区分的。

    Xiànshí hé huànxiǎng shì hěn nán qūfēn de.

    Reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.

    Sentence #757459 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 幻想 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 幻 (huàn) drawn as one shape
幻huànfantasy

幻 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 想 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
想xiǎngto think
  • 相mutual · xiāngSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 相 (xiāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎng.

Memory aid相 means to look at closely. Add the heart 心 and you picture something in your mind: to think.

How to write 幻想

幻 4 strokes · 想 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

幻想 (huànxiǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 幻想 (huànxiǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 幻想

Words with 想

想xiǎng · to want想到xiǎngdào · to think of理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions思想sīxiǎng · thought想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine梦想mèngxiǎng · dream空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)

More words: Thinking & Talking

归纳guīnà · to sum up喊hǎn · to yell忽视hūshì · to neglect胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense记忆jìyì · to remember纪念jìniàn · to commemorate假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)

FAQs

幻想 (huànxiǎng) means “to fantasise” or “fantasy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huànxiǎng: huàn with a 4th tone, then xiǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 幻想 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 幻想 from the suggestions. Typing huanxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幻想 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.