冥思苦想

Chinese

		to think hard; to cudgel one's brains; delusion to think hard; to cudgel one's brains; delusion; fantasy	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
trad. (冥思苦想)		冥思	苦	想
simp. #(冥思苦想)		冥思	苦	想
anagram		苦思冥想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngsīkǔxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙ ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ si¹ fu² soeng²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngsīkǔxiǎng [Phonetic: míngsīkúxiǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙ ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngsihkǔsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ssŭ¹-kʻu³-hsiang³
    • Yale: míng-sz̄-kǔ-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingsykuusheang
    • Palladius: минсыкусян (minsykusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ si¹ fu² soeng²
    • Yale: míhng sī fú séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ si¹ fu² soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ xi¹ fu² sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ siː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ sœːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

冥思苦想

1. Synonym of 冥思苦索 (míngsīkǔsuǒ, “to think long and hard”)