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

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

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

contemplation; meditation; thought
陷入沉思 ― xiànrù chénsī ― to be lost in thought

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