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

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
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    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

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