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思考

sī kǎo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

思考 (sī kǎo) means "to reflect on; to think deeply". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 思考 means

1. to reflect on
2. to ponder over

The characters in 思考

• 思sīto think; to consider
• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考

Example sentences

• 子瑞在思考。
  Ziri was thinking.
• 让我思考一下。
  Let me think for a while.
• 请思考一下明天。
  Think about tomorrow.
• 思考会打扰冥想。
  Thoughts disturb meditation.
• 他是个独立思考者。
  He is an independent thinker.
• 他正在思考这个难题。
  Tā zhèngzài sīkǎo zhège nántí.
  He's thinking about this difficult problem.

Words containing 思考

• 换位思考huàn wèi sī kǎoto put oneself in sb else’s shoes

Where 思考 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 kǎo correctly.
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