HSK 6 · Verbs

着想 zhuóxiǎng “to consider (the needs of)” in Chinese

Traditional 著想

What 着想 means

  1. to consider (the needs of)
  2. to think about
  3. to give thought (to others)
  4. to consider (other people’s needs)

How to say 着想

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zhuó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale想xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

着想 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆完全是为你着想。

    Tāngmǔ wánquán shì wèi nǐ zhuóxiǎng.

    Tom is only thinking of what’s best for you.

    Sentence #4262336 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 着想 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 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zhuóto wear
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù
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 着想

着 11 strokes · 想 13 strokes

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

Words related to 着想

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected执着zhízhuó · persistent

Words with 想

想xiǎng · to want想到xiǎngdào · to think of理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise思想sīxiǎng · thought想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine梦想mèngxiǎng · dream空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy

More words: Thinking & Talking

指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise转达zhuǎndá · to pass on嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)琢磨zuómo · to ponder

FAQs

着想 (zhuóxiǎng) means “to consider (the needs of)” or “to think about”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuóxiǎng: zhuó with a 2nd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 着想 is written 著想. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuoxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 着想 from the suggestions. Typing zhuoxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
着想 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.