思慕

思慕

Chinese

		to think; to consider	admire
simp. and trad. (思慕)		思	慕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ mou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sir-mō͘ / su-bō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sīmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: symuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihmù
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ mou⁶
    • Yale: sī mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ mou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-mō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sir-mōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ mɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: su-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'bo
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/

Verb

思慕

1. to miss; to think of; to yearn for; to reminisce
2. to admire; to look up to

Synonyms

• (to miss):

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念想 (niànxiǎng) 思念 (sīniàn) 思量 (sīliáng) (literary) 想念 (xiǎngniàn) 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)

懷念／怀念 (huáiniàn) 相思 (xiāngsī) 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal) 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn)

• (to admire):

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仰慕 (yǎngmù) 佩服 (pèifú) 想望 (xiǎngwàng) 拜服 (bàifú) (polite) 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)

敬佩 (jìngpèi) 敬慕 (jìngmù) 景仰 (jǐngyǎng) 景慕 (jǐngmù) (literary) 欽佩／钦佩 (qīnpèi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	慕
し Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

思慕 (hiragana しぼ, rōmaji shibo)

1. longing, yearning

Verb

思慕する (suru conjugation, hiragana しぼする, rōmaji shibo suru)

1. long, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of "思慕する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	思慕し	しぼし	shibo shi
Continuative (連用形)	思慕し	しぼし	shibo shi
Terminal (終止形)	思慕する	しぼする	shibo suru
Attributive (連体形)	思慕する	しぼする	shibo suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	思慕すれ	しぼすれ	shibo sure
Imperative (命令形)	思慕せよ¹ 思慕しろ²	しぼせよ¹ しぼしろ²	shibo seyo¹ shibo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	思慕される	しぼされる	shibo sareru
Causative	思慕させる 思慕さす	しぼさせる しぼさす	shibo saseru shibo sasu
Potential	思慕できる	しぼできる	shibo dekiru
Volitional	思慕しよう	しぼしよう	shibo shiyō
Negative	思慕しない	しぼしない	shibo shinai
Negative continuative	思慕せず	しぼせず	shibo sezu
Formal	思慕します	しぼします	shibo shimasu
Perfective	思慕した	しぼした	shibo shita
Conjunctive	思慕して	しぼして	shibo shite
Hypothetical conditional	思慕すれば	しぼすれば	shibo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative