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想

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎng

to think (about)
to think of; to devise
to think (that); to believe (that)
to desire; to want (to)
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

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想: xiǎng · think, speculate, plan, consider

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3 · xiang3

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soeng2

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to think (to conceive of something or someone)
to think about; to plan; to be considering
to think; to suppose; to guess; to reckon
to want; to wish for; to desire
to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
to resemble
(Hinduism, Buddhism) sanskara

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