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思想

sī xiǎng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

思想 (sī xiǎng) means "thought; ideology". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 思想 means

1. thought
2. thinking
3. idea
4. ideology

The characters in 思想

• 思sīto think; to consider
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)

Example sentences

• 我试试思想。
  I try to think.
• 语言表达思想。
  Words express thoughts.
• 语词表达思想。
  Words express thoughts.
• 打开你的思想。
  Open your mind.
• 借用他的思想。
  Borrow his thoughts.
• 汤姆喜欢了你的思想。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan le nǐ de sīxiǎng.
  Tom loved your ideas.

Words starting with 思想

• 思想家sī xiǎng jiāthinker
• 思想史sī xiǎng shǐintellectual history
• 思想意识sī xiǎng yì shíconsciousness
• 思想交流sī xiǎng jiāo liúexchange of ideas
• 思想体系sī xiǎng tǐ xìsystem of thought; ideology
• 思想库sī xiǎng kùthink tank
• 思想顽钝sī xiǎng wán dùnblunt thinking; apathy
• 思想包袱sī xiǎng bāo fusth weighing on one's mind

Words containing 思想

• 毛泽东思想Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎngMao Zedong Thought
• 新思想xīn sī xiǎngnew ideas
• 主体思想Zhǔ tǐ Sī xiǎngJuche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
• 政治思想zhèng zhì sī xiǎngpolitical thought; ideology
• 封建思想fēng jiàn sī xiǎngfeudal way of thinking
• 统一思想tǒng yī sī xiǎngwith the same idea in mind; with a common purpose

Where 思想 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Change, Reflection & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī xiǎng correctly.
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