沉思
Chinese
submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop |
to think; to consider | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (沉思) | 沉 | 思 | |
| simp. #(沉思) | 沉 | 思 | |
| alternative forms | 沈思 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chénsī
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chénsih
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2-ssŭ1
- Yale: chén-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernsy
- Palladius: чэньсы (čɛnʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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:
尋思 / 寻思
沉思
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-sir
- Tâi-lô: tîm-sir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-su
- Tâi-lô: tîm-su
- Phofsit Daibuun: dimsw
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
沉思
- to ponder; to contemplate
- 陷入沉思 ― xiànrù chénsī ― to be lost in thought
Synonyms
- 冥思 (míngsī)
- 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
- 品味 (pǐnwèi)
- 尋味 / 寻味 (xúnwèi)
- 尋思 / 寻思
- 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)
- 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
- 閉目沉思 / 闭目沉思