Cantonese Dictionary

想出

soeng2 ceot1

Mandarin: xiang3 chu1

excogitate; to think out, invent

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想到

soeng2 dou3

bethink of

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想去無幾

soeng2 heoi3 mou4 gei2

Mandarin: xiang3 qu4 wu2 ji1

not far away from

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想唔…都幾難

soeng2 m4 dou1 gei2 naan4

Mandarin: xiang3 n2 … dou1 ji3 nan2

Simplified: 想唔…都几难

Cantonese

it's hard to refuse what is going to happen

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想家

soeng2 gaa1

Mandarin: xiang3 jia1

think of one's home, be homesick

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想得到

soeng2 dak1 dou3

Mandarin: xiang3 de5 dao4

want to have; be able to think; it is imaginable; it is conceivable

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想得到

soeng2 dak1 dou3*2

conceivability

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想得到做得到

soeng2 dak1 dou3 zou6 dak1 dou3*2

what he wanted he accomplished

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想得美

soeng2 dak1 mei5

Mandarin: xiang3 de2 mei3

[insult/sarcasm] "in your dreams"

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想必

soeng2 bit1

Mandarin: xiang3 bi4

presumably; most probably; most likely

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想念

soeng2 nim6

Mandarin: xiang3 nian4

[1] to think about a person [2] to miss something or someone [粵]: 掛住

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想想

soeng2 soeng2

Mandarin: xiang3 xiang5

verb; to think or think twice

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想方設法

soeng2 fong1 cit3 faat3

Mandarin: xiang3 fang1 she4 fa3

(idiom) to think of every possible solution to a problem; to leave no stone unturned

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想望

soeng2 mong6

Mandarin: xiang3 wang4

verb; hope; admire

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想法

soeng2 faat3

Mandarin: xiang3 fa3

idea; to come up with an idea; the way someone thinks | [粵]: 諗法, 諗頭

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想當然

soeng2 dong1 jin4

Mandarin: xiang3 dang1 ran2

assume sth as a matter of course; take for granted

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想睡

soeng2 seoi6

Mandarin: xiang3 shui4

drowsy; sleepy (lit., "wants sleep")

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想要

soeng2 jiu3

Mandarin: xiang3 yao4

to want; desire; be desirous to; mean; wish

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想見

soeng2 gin3

Mandarin: xiang3 jian4

infer; gather

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想話

soeng2 waa6

Mandarin: xiang3 hua4

Simplified: 想话

thinking of… (doing something); want to say

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想象

soeng2 zoeng6

Mandarin: xiang3 xiang4

to imagine; to visualize; to fancy

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想象力

soeng2 zoeng6 lik6

Mandarin: xiang3 xiang4 li4

imagination, imaginative power, imaginative faculty

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想起

soeng2 hei2

Mandarin: xiang3 qi3

to remember; to recall; to think of

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想起來

soeng2 hei2 loi4

Mandarin: xiang3 qi3 lai2

to recall; to remember

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想通

soeng2 tung1

Mandarin: xiang3 tong1

to come round; to be convinced | [粵]: 諗通

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想點就點

soeng2 dim2 zau6 dim2

Mandarin: xiang3 dian3 jiu4 dian3

Simplified: 想点就点

Cantonese

do whatever one wants to do

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想點辦法

soeng2 dim2 baan6 faat3

think of some way to do it

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惺

sing2

Mandarin: xing1

tranquil | understand | intelligent | clever | astute | # adapted from cc-cedict

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惺忪

sing1 sung1

Mandarin: xing1 song1

drowsy, sleepy, dopey; eyes not fully open on waking up

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惺惺

sing1 sing1

Mandarin: xing1 xing1

clear-headed; astute; intelligent; wise

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