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設想

简设想 · 繁設想

Mandarin · pinyin shè xiǎng

to imagine
to assume
to envisage
tentative plan
to have consideration for

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想: xiǎng · think, speculate, plan, consider
设: shè · build; establish; display

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4–3 · she4 xiang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cit3 soeng2

Cantonese word readings for 設想. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to suppose; to presume; to envisage
to consider; to have consideration for

noun

supposition; presumption; idea; thought

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