沉思

沉思

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (沉思)		沉	思
variant forms		沈思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ si¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tîm-sir / tîm-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chénsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernsy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ si¹
    • Yale: chàhm sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ xi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 尋思／寻思 沉思

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-sir
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-su
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimsw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Verb

沉思

1. to ponder; to contemplate

Synonyms

• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 尋思／寻思 (xúnsi)

Derived terms

閉目沉思／闭目沉思

Noun

沉思

1. contemplation; meditation; thought

   陷入沉思  ―  xiànrù chénsī  ―  to be lost in thought