理想

Character by character

• 理lǐ11 strokesHSK 2reason, logic; manage
• 想xiǎng13 strokesHSK 1think, speculate, plan, consider

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 理想. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 想xiǎngHSK 1

  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)

• 处理chǔ lǐHSK 3

  to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices

• 想到xiǎng dàoHSK 2

  to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate

• 理解lǐ jiěHSK 3

  to comprehend; to understand

• 心理xīn lǐHSK 4

  psychology; mentality

• 管理guǎn lǐHSK 3

  to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration

• 理由lǐ yóuHSK 3

  reason; grounds; justification

• 想法xiǎng fǎHSK 2

  way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

• 梦想mèng xiǎngHSK 4

  (fig.) to dream of; dream

• 理论lǐ lùnHSK 3

  theory; to argue; to take notice of

• 思想sī xiǎngHSK 3

  thought; thinking; idea; ideology

• 想象xiǎng xiàngHSK 4

  to imagine; to envision; imagination

• 想起xiǎng qǐHSK 2

  to recall; to think of; to call to mind

• 理lǐHSK 6

  texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up

• 经理jīng lǐHSK 2

  manager; director

• 合理hé lǐHSK 3

  rational; reasonable; sensible; fair

• 道理dào liHSK 2

  reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification

• 整理zhěng lǐHSK 3

  to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)

• 清理qīng lǐHSK 5

  to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of

• 想念xiǎng niànHSK 4

  to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again

• 幻想huàn xiǎngHSK 6

  delusion; fantasy

• 助理zhù lǐHSK 5

  assistant

• 代理dài lǐHSK 5

  to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy

• 物理wù lǐ

  physics; physical