思索

思索

Chinese

		to think; to consider	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (思索)		思	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sok³
• Min Nan (POJ): sir-sok / su-sok / su-soh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sīsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sysuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sok³
    • Yale: sī sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sog³
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sok
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sok
    • Tâi-lô: su-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-soh
    • Tâi-lô: su-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

Verb

思索

1. to think deeply; to ponder

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 思索

品味 (pǐnwèi) 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi) 思想 (sīxiǎng) 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ) 思考 (sīkǎo) 思量 (sīliáng) 推敲 (tuīqiāo) 揣摩 (chuǎimó)

斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively) 玩味 (wánwèi) 玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese) 琢磨 (zuómo) 算計／算计 (suànjì) 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ) 著想 (zhuóxiǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (思索):

• → Japanese: 思索 (しさく) (shisaku)
• → Korean: 사색 (思索, sasaek)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	索
し Grade: 2	さく Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

思索 (hiragana しさく, rōmaji shisaku)

1. contemplation, thinking
2. meditation

Verb

思索する (suru conjugation, hiragana しさくする, rōmaji shisaku suru)

1. to ponder, to contemplate
2. to meditate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "思索する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	思索し	しさくし	shisaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	思索し	しさくし	shisaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	思索する	しさくする	shisaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	思索する	しさくする	shisaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	思索すれ	しさくすれ	shisaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	思索せよ¹ 思索しろ²	しさくせよ¹ しさくしろ²	shisaku seyo¹ shisaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	思索される	しさくされる	shisaku sareru
Causative	思索させる 思索さす	しさくさせる しさくさす	shisaku saseru shisaku sasu
Potential	思索できる	しさくできる	shisaku dekiru
Volitional	思索しよう	しさくしよう	shisaku shiyō
Negative	思索しない	しさくしない	shisaku shinai
Negative continuative	思索せず	しさくせず	shisaku sezu
Formal	思索します	しさくします	shisaku shimasu
Perfective	思索した	しさくした	shisaku shita
Conjunctive	思索して	しさくして	shisaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	思索すれば	しさくすれば	shisaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative