Listen to pronunciation (Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)
Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
ideal, dream, perfect, perfection, desirable
Chinese characters:
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理想 ( lixiang / lĭxiăng ) is composed of these characters:
理 (li)
, 想 (xiang)
The traditional Chinese characters of lĭxiăng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
reason | to think
理想 ( lixiang / lĭxiăng ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 158)