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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sī | si1
English translation
to think
to consider
to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle

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About 思 sī

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

思 sī

Contains the radical

心 xīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Weighing something with your mind 囟 xìn (altered) and heart 心 xīn

Etymology of 思 sī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱田心

Explanation

Thought is associated with the head (囟 xìn ) and heart (心 xīn ). The modern form of the top component looks like 田 Tián (field), but 田 Tián is unrelated.

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Example sentences using 思 sī

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直到 zhí dào 我 wǒ 看到这幅画 huà 的 de 说明 shuōmíng 才 cái 弄 lòng 懂 dǒng 其 qí 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

我 wǒ 不得不 bùdébù 盯 dīng 着 zhāo 看 kān 好 hǎo 几 jī 秒 miǎo ,去 qù 想 xiǎng 这 zhè 到底 dàodǐ 是 shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi .

I had to stare at it for several seconds to figure out what it meant.

正是 zhèng shì 他 tā 对 duì 这些 zhè xiē 事物 shìwù 的 de 思念 sīniàn ,足以 zúyǐ 使 shǐ 任何 rènhé 苦痛 kǔ tòng 变甜, 足以 zúyǐ 医 yī 好 hǎo 任何 rènhé 创伤 chuāng shāng .

The very thought of these things was sufficient to sweeten any bitterness, and heal any wound.

千百种 zhǒng 矛盾 máodùn 的 de 思想 sīxiǎng 从 Cóng 他 tā 脑 nǎo 中 Zhōng 掠过 lu:è guò .

A thousand conflicting thoughts rushed through his mind.

他 tā 口齿 kǒu chǐ 不 bù 清 Qīng ,无法 wú fǎ 听 yǐn 懂 dǒng 他 tā 的 de 意思 yìsi .

His indistinct speech makes it impossible to understand him.

Words with 思 sī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
意思 yìsi idea意思 yìsi
思想 sīxiǎng thought思想 sīxiǎng
不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed不好意思 bù hǎo yì si
有意思 yǒu yì si interesting有意思 yǒu yì si
思考 sīkǎo to reflect on思考 sīkǎo
思 sī to think思 sī
思维 sīwéi thinking思維
不可思议 bùkěsīyì unfathomable不可思議
思路 sī lù thinking思路 sī lù
心思 xīn si mind心思 xīn si
毛泽东思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Maoism毛澤東思想
思念 sīniàn to think of思念 sīniàn
马克思主义 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism馬克思主義
反思 fǎnsī to review反思 fǎnsī
马克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name)馬克思
思索 sīsuǒ to ponder思索 sīsuǒ
没意思 méi yì si boring沒意思
构思 gòusī to design構思
思绪 sī xù mood思緒
沉思 chénsī to ponder沉思 chénsī
相思 xiāng sī to yearn相思 xiāng sī
深思 shēn sī to ponder深思 shēn sī
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve好意思 hǎo yì si
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought思潮 sī cháo
胡思乱想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)胡思亂想

思 sī Decomposition & Compounds

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思 sī Decomposition

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思 sī Compounds

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  • 思 sī
    • 慮 lǜ
      • 儢, 勴, 攄
    • 崽 zǎi , 腮 sāi , 锶 sī , 鳃 sāi , 偲 sī , 勰 xié , 揌 sāi , 缌 sī , 罳 sī , 葸 xǐ , 飔 sī , 媤, 愢, 楒, 毸, 禗, 緦, 諰, 鍶, 颸, 騦, 鰓 sāi
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