思想

Chinese

		to think; to consider	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad. (思想)		思	想

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sīxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыщён (sɨxion, I-II) / сыщён (sɨxion, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si¹ soeng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹ lhiang²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sióng

  (Hailu, HRS): sii^ˋ siong^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹ xiong³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆-siōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so¹ syorng³ / so¹ syoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-sióng / sir-sióng / su-siáng / si-sióng / su-siúⁿ / sir-siúⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ siang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-shian₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsiang³
    • Yale: sz̄-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sysheang
    • Palladius: сысян (sysjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɹ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыщён (sɨxion, I-II) / сыщён (sɨxion, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɹ̩²⁴ ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/, /sɹ̩²⁴ ɕiɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ soeng²
    • Yale: sī séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sœːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhu¹ lhiang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³ ɬiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ xiong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ xiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ si̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ siong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵³ sioŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹ xiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɹ̩⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ɕiɔŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆-siōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)luoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so¹ syorng³ [Phonetic: so⁵ lyorng³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo-siô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)lyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so¹ syoeng³ [Phonetic: so⁵ lyoeng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lyøŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: su-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susiorng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sióng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: su-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susiarng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: si-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sisiorng
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si³³ siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-siúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: su-siúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susviuo
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-siúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sir-siúnn
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ siũ⁵⁵⁴/

Note: su-siúⁿ - verb.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se¹ siang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ siaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-shian₅
    • MiniDict: sy^平 shian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-xian₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɹ̩⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/

Noun

思想

1. idea; intention; thought

   思想交流  ―  sīxiǎng jiāoliú  ―  exchange of ideas

   我打算利用這個時間好好梳理一下自己的思想，思考一些問題。 [MSC, trad.]
   我打算利用这个时间好好梳理一下自己的思想，思考一些问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ dǎsuàn lìyòng zhège shíjiān hǎohǎo shūlǐ yīxià zìjǐ de sīxiǎng, sīkǎo yīxiē wèntí. [Pinyin]

   I plan to use this time to sort out my thoughts and think about some problems.

2. ideology; philosophy; thought; concept (often political); teachings; thinking; principles

   思想武器  ―  sīxiǎng wǔqì  ―  ideological weapon

   思想覺悟／思想觉悟  ―  sīxiǎng juéwù  ―  political awareness

   指導思想／指导思想  ―  zhǐdǎo sīxiǎng  ―  guiding ideology; guiding principles

   主導思想／主导思想  ―  zhǔdǎo sīxiǎng  ―  guiding ideology

   思想建設／思想建设  ―  sīxiǎng jiànshè  ―  ideological development

   宣傳思想工作／宣传思想工作  ―  xuānchuán sīxiǎng gōngzuò  ―  publicity and ideological work

   核心思想  ―  héxīn sīxiǎng  ―  core concepts

   思想啟蒙／思想启蒙  ―  sīxiǎng qǐméng  ―  ideological enlightenment

   思想解放  ―  sīxiǎng jiěfàng  ―  ideological emancipation

   習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想 [MSC, trad.]
   习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想 [MSC, simp.]

   Xí Jìnpíng xīn shídài Zhōngguó tèsè shèhuì zhǔyì sīxiǎng [Pinyin]

   Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era

   他是這一學派思想的集大成者。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是这一学派思想的集大成者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì zhè yī xuépài sīxiǎng de jídàchéng zhě. [Pinyin]

   He epitomized the thought of this school.

Synonyms

• (idea):

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• 主意
• 心念 (xīnniàn)
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 念頭 / 念头 (niàntou)
• 意念 (yìniàn)
• 想法 (xiǎngfǎ)
• 想頭 / 想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)
• 算法 (Puxian Min)
• 諗法 / 谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
• 點子 / 点子 (diǎnzi)

• (ideology):

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• 主義 / 主义 (zhǔyì) (chiefly as a suffix)
• 思想意識 / 思想意识 (sīxiǎng yìshí)
• 思想體系 / 思想体系 (sīxiǎng tǐxì)
• 意識形態 / 意识形态 (yìshí xíngtài)
• 觀念 / 观念 (guānniàn)

Verb

思想

1. to think about; to consider
   • 2012, “前輩”, 許常德 [Adam Hsu] (lyrics), 吳嘉祥 (music)‎^[1]performed by 阿良偉 and 張玉霞:

     思想起今生過去是何時 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     思想起今生过去是何时 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     su-siáng khí kim-seng kòe-khì sī hô-sî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味 / 寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思 / 寻思
• 忖度 (cǔnduó)
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思忖 (sīcǔn)
• 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 (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 權衡 / 权衡 (quánhéng)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧 / 照顾 (zhàogù)
• 熟慮 / 熟虑 (shúlǜ) (literary)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算度 (syun³ dok⁶) (Cantonese)
• 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 考量 (kǎoliáng)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想 / 着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 衡量 (héngliáng)
• 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

• 中心思想 (zhōngxīn sīxiǎng)
• 主體思想 / 主体思想 (zhǔtǐ sīxiǎng)
• 儒家思想 (rújiā sīxiǎng)
• 思想史 (sīxiǎngshǐ)
• 思想家 (sīxiǎngjiā)
• 思想實驗 / 思想实验 (sīxiǎng shíyàn)
• 思想庫 / 思想库 (sīxiǎngkù)
• 思想性 (sīxiǎngxìng)
• 思想意識 / 思想意识 (sīxiǎng yìshí)
• 思想界 (sīxiǎngjiè)
• 思想者 (sīxiǎngzhě)
• 思想自由 (sīxiǎng zìyóu)
• 思想體系 / 思想体系 (sīxiǎng tǐxì)
• 毛澤東思想 / 毛泽东思想 (Máo Zédōng sīxiǎng)
• 道家思想 (dàojiā sīxiǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (思想):

• → Japanese: 思(し)想(そう) (shisō)
• → Korean: 사상(思想) (sasang)
• → Vietnamese: tư tưởng (思想)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: tơ tưởng
• → Zhuang: swhsiengj

See also

• 理論／理论 (lǐlùn)
• 主義／主义 (zhǔyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	想
し Grade: 2	そう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiso̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しそー [shìsóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

思(し)想(そう) • (shisō) ^{←しさう (sisau)?}

1. thought; idea

Further reading

• “思想”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
思	想

Noun

思想 • (sasang) (hangeul 사상)

1. hanja form^? of 사상 (“thought, idea”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
思	想

Noun

思想

1. chữ Hán form of tư tưởng (“thought, ideology”)