沉思

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to think; to consider
trad. (沉思)		沉	思
simp. #(沉思)		沉	思
alternative forms		沈思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ si¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-sir / tîm-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénsih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: chén-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernsy
    • Palladius: чэньсы (čɛnʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• 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 edit 尋思／寻思 沉思

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-sir
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-su
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimsw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Verb

沉思

1. to ponder; to contemplate

   陷入沉思  ―  xiànrù chénsī  ―  to be lost in thought

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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

• 閉目沉思／闭目沉思