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思

sī

HSK 2 Character

What 思 means

1. to think
2. to consider

Example sentences

• 不好意思！
  Excuse me!
• 不好意思？
  Sorry?
• 三思而后行！
  Sānsī'érhòuxíng!
  Think before you act!
• 不好意思……
  I'm sorry.
• 我思故我在。
  I think, therefore I am.
• 他什么意思？
  What could he mean?

Words starting with 思

• 思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking; idea
• 思考sī kǎoto reflect on; to ponder over
• 思维sī wéi(line of) thought; thinking
• 思念sī niànto think of; to long for; to miss
• 思索sī suǒto think deeply; to ponder
• 思绪sī xùtrain of thought; emotional state; mood
• 思路sī lùline of thought; way of thinking
• 思潮sī cháotide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
• 思想家sī xiǎng jiāthinker
• 思量sī liangto reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind
• 思科Sī kēCisco Systems Company
• 思乡sī xiāngto be homesick
• 思忖sī cǔnto ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind
• 思想史sī xiǎng shǐintellectual history
• 思辨sī biànto think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
• 思虑sī lǜto think sth through; to consider carefully
• 思前想后sī qián xiǎng hòuto consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future…
• 思想意识sī xiǎng yì shíconsciousness
• 思情sī qíngto miss; to long for
• 思政sī zhèngideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育
• 思亲sī qīnto remember one's parents; to feel homesick for one's relatives
• 思议sī yìto imagine; to comprehend (usu. used in the negative, as in 不可思议
• 思过sī guòto reflect on one's past errors
• 思密达sī mì dá(slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech)…

Words containing 思

• 意思yì siidea; opinion; meaning
• 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
• 不可思议bù kě sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
• 反思fǎn sīto think back over sth; to review; to revisit
• 沉思chén sīto contemplate; to ponder; contemplation
• 构思gòu sīto design; to plot; to plan out
• 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful; enjoyable
• 心思xīn simind; thoughts; inclination
• 马克思主义Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yìMarxism
• 相思xiāng sīto yearn; to pine
• 胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 没意思méi yì siboring; of no interest
• 毛泽东思想Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎngMao Zedong Thought
• 深思shēn sīto ponder; to consider
• 若有所思ruò yǒu suǒ sī(idiom) looking pensive; thoughtfully
• 寻思xún sīto consider; to ponder
• 好意思hǎo yì sito have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame
• 成吉思汗Chéng jí sī hánGenghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
• 匪夷所思fěi yí suǒ sīunimaginable; outrageous; freakish
• 不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒ(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
• 顾名思义gù míng sī yìas the name implies
• 深思熟虑shēn sī shú lǜmature reflection; after careful deliberations
• 一门心思yī mén xīn sito set one's heart on sth (idiom)
• 挖空心思wā kōng xīn sito dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains

Characters built on 田

These share the phonetic component 田 (tián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 毗píto adjoin; to border on
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 畀bìto confer on; to give to
• 畿jīterritory around the capital
• 畦qísmall plot of farm land; Taiwan pr. xī

Characters that look like 思

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 恳kěnearnest
• 祟suìevil spirit
• 禺yú(archaic) district; (old) type of monkey

Sounds the same

Read sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斯(phonetic); this
• 司to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 丝silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 私personal; private; selfish
• 撕to tear
• 厮(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 嘶hiss; neigh; Ss!…
• 咝(onomatopoeia) to hiss; to whistle; to whiz
• 锶strontium (chemistry)
• 蛳snail
• 鸶heron
• 虒amphibious animal with one horn