How can I use 想 (xiang)?

trubadour · March 31, 2009, 12:56pm

How do you say think about things? I know 東西 but that is that not correct for things we think about?

bob · March 31, 2009, 1:10pm

wo Zai xiang DONGXI = I’m thinkin bout stuff.

trubadour · March 31, 2009, 1:12pm

qi moto che de shi ho, wo xaing dong xi. <= ke yi, ma?

funkymonkey · March 31, 2009, 1:20pm

我在想事情.wǒ zài xiǎng shìqíng.

Dragonbones · March 31, 2009, 2:22pm

Yup, what funkymonkey said.

That should be more like this:
Qi2 mo2tuo1che1 de shi2hou4, wo3 hui4 xiang3 shi4qing.

bob · March 31, 2009, 5:41pm

Tai Tai SHUO DONGXI/Shiqing DOU keyi. TA Shi jiang ZHONGweN muyu de* reN.

funkymonkey · April 1, 2009, 2:56am

[quote=“Dragonbones”]That should be more like this:
Qi2 mo2tuo1che1 de shi2hou4, wo3 hui4 xiang3 shi4qing3.[/quote]

shìqíng

cranky_laowai · April 1, 2009, 3:10am

shìqíng[/quote]
shìqing.

Bubba_2_Guns · April 1, 2009, 3:11am

Wo zai xiang ni de dong xi,… girl.

Dragonbones · April 1, 2009, 3:31am

shìqíng[/quote]
shìqing.[/quote]

Thanks. Edited.

Chris · April 1, 2009, 3:48am

shìqíng[/quote]
shìqing.[/quote]
Debatable. In my experience, people in Taiwan give the second syllable its full tone value.

Elegua · April 1, 2009, 4:07am

別想太多了

sjcma · April 1, 2009, 4:39am

[quote=“Chris”][quote]Dragonbones wrote: shi4qing3
funkymonkey wrote: shìqíng
cranky laowai wrote: shìqing.[/quote]
Debatable. In my experience, people in Taiwan give the second syllable its full tone value.[/quote]
Definitely debatable. It’s listed as shi4qing2 in Taiwanese dictionaries as well as many mainland dictionaries.

funkymonkey · April 1, 2009, 4:46am

shìqíng[/quote]
shìqing.[/quote]

Only in China.

Dragonbones · April 1, 2009, 4:50am

Whether a final tone gets treated as ‘light’ varies geographically. Anyway, the topic at hand is how to use 想.

For any posters not up to characters yet: bie2 xiang3 tai4 duo1 le. Yeah, that’s a good, common use of this word. or 你/妳想太多了! ni3 xiang3 tai4 duo1 le!

Chris · April 1, 2009, 5:40am

For any posters not up to characters yet: bie2 xiang3 tai4 duo1 le. Yeah, that’s a good, common use of this word. or 你/妳想太多了! ni3 xiang3 tai4 duo1 le![/quote]
Literally, it means “You think too much”, but its figurative meaning is closer to “You worry too much” or “Don’t over-analyze things”.

bob · April 1, 2009, 11:46am

You/she think too much le?

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Chris · April 1, 2009, 11:49am

You/she think too much le?

.[/quote]
妳 is feminine “you”.

bob · April 1, 2009, 12:05pm

Masculine and feminine second person.

Don’t the people you are talking to know which sex they are?

Don’t answer that.

bob · April 1, 2009, 12:32pm

The other thing of course is: If you are the one writing how do you know what sex the person you are talking to is. Or somethimes you know that there is a likelihood that both sexes will read it. Is there no generic “you”?