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沉思

chén sī

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

沉思 (chén sī) means "to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 沉思 means

1. to contemplate
2. to ponder
3. contemplation
4. meditation

The characters in 沉思

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 思sīto think; to consider

Where 沉思 is taught

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

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