Zhè ge jìhuà bú shì kōngxiǎng, shì kěyǐ zuòdào de.
This plan isn’t a fantasy; it can be done.
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How 空想 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.
空kōngempty
穴cave · xuéMeaning part
工work · gōngSound part
穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kōng.
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 空想
空 8 strokes · 想 13 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 空想 (kōngxiǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
空想 (kōngxiǎng) means “fantasy” or “daydream”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kōngxiǎng: kōng with a 1st 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. 空想 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kongxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 空想 from the suggestions. Typing kongxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
空想 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
空kōng1st tone, high and level
想xiǎng3rd tone, dipping
