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思索

sī suǒ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

思索 (sī suǒ) means "to think deeply; to ponder". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 思索 means

1. to think deeply
2. to ponder

The characters in 思索

• 思sīto think; to consider
• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask

Example sentences

• 汤姆不加思索地行动。
  Tom acted without thinking.
• 汤姆不假思索脱口而出。
  Tāngmǔ bùjiǎsīsuǒ tuōkǒu'érchū.
  Tom speaks without thinking.
• 在多年的思索之下，我终于了解人生的意义就是去寻找人生的意义。我们每个人都是独特的个体。我们每个人都能找到属于自己的人生目标。
  Zài duō nián de sīsuǒ zhī xià, wǒ zhōngyú liǎojiě rénshēng de yìyì jiù shì qù xúnzhǎo rénshēng de yìyì. Wǒmen měige rén dōu shì dútè de gètǐ. Wǒmen měige rén dōu néng zhǎodào shǔyú zìjǐ de rénshēng mùbiāo.
  After many years of thinking, I came to a conclusion that everyone's meaning of life is actually to find the meaning of life. Every one of us is a unique individual. And every one of us has his own capability to find in his life one particular mission to fulfill.

Words containing 思索

• 不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒ(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
• 不加思索bù jiā sī suǒsee 不假思索

Where 思索 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shuàn–sī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī suǒ correctly.
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