苦思

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to think; to consider
trad. (苦思)		苦	思
simp. #(苦思)		苦	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔsih
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: kǔ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuusy
    • Palladius: кусы (kusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² si¹
    • Yale: fú sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-su
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

Verb

苦思

1. to think hard; to cudgel one's brains

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 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)
• 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

• 研精苦思
• 苦思惡想 / 苦思恶想