Chinese word

联想

Pronunciation

Pinyinlián xiǎng

Meaning

  • verbthink of

Example

看到那张照片，我就联想到过去的旅行。kàn dào nà zhāng zhào piān wǒ jiù lián xiǎng dào guò qù de lǚ xíng

When I see that photo, I think of past trips.

Illustration for 联想 (think of)

More examples

这段旋律总让我不由得联想起童年的夏天。zhè duàn xuán lǜ zǒng ràng wǒ bù yóu de lián xiáng qǐ tóng nián de xià tiān

This melody always makes me think of childhood summers.

Core concept

One thing opening a path to another thought, with that image of connection also naming Lenovo in Chinese.

Common phrases

  • 让人联想起ràng rén lián xiáng qǐ

    make people think of

  • 不由得联想到bù yóu de lián xiǎng dào

    cannot help thinking of

  • 难以联想到nán yǐ lián xiǎng dào

    find it hard to think of

Similar words

想到xiǎng dào: To think of something or have it come to mind.
回想huí xiǎng: To think back on a past event or experience.
记起jì qǐ: To remember something that had been forgotten.
联系lián xì: To connect people or things in thought and see their relationship.

Definition in Chinese

用已有的印象或信息把一个事物与另一个事物在脑中连结起来，从而想到与之相关的画面或念头。yòng yí yǒu de yìn xiàng huò xìn xī bǎ yí gè shì wù yǔ lìng yí gè shì wù zài nǎo zhōng lián jié qǐ lái cóng ér xiǎng dào yǔ zhī xiāng guān de huà miàn huò niàn tou

Word origin

联 (lián, "connect") supplies the linking idea and 想 (xiǎng, "think") supplies the mental activity, together forming a word for an associated thought or image.

Usage tips

  • A natural everyday sentence places a past event, picture, smell, or sound before the verb and the related memory after it, presenting the cue before its mental result.

Other meanings

  • associationnoun
  • Lenovonoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 联想记忆法lián xiǎng jì yì fǎassociative memory methodnoun
  • 联想集团lián xiǎng jí tuánLenovo Groupnoun

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