尋思

See also: 寻思

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	to think; to consider
trad. (尋思)		尋	思
simp. (寻思)		寻	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnsi, xúnsī, xínsi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ˙ㄙ, ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙ, ㄒㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîm-sir / sîm-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnsi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: syún-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun.sy
    • Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ sz̩³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syún-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunsy
    • Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xínsi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sínsi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsin²-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: syín-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyn.sy
    • Palladius: синьсы (sinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin³⁵ sz̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ si¹
    • Yale: chàhm sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 尋思／寻思 沉思

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-sir
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-su
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simsw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Verb

尋思

1. to ponder; to think something over

Synonyms

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• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

 

Derived terms

• 不犯尋思／不犯寻思
• 肚裡尋思／肚里寻思