冥思

Chinese

		dark; deep	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (冥思)		冥	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ si¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngsih
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: míng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingsy
    • Palladius: минсы (minsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ si¹
    • Yale: mìhng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

冥思

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

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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

• 冥思苦想 (míngsīkǔxiǎng)
• 冥思苦索 (míngsīkǔsuǒ)

 

Noun

冥思

1. (literary) delusion; fantasy

Synonyms

• 幻想 (huànxiǎng)
• 空想 (kōngxiǎng)