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思
Mandarin · pinyin sī
Meanings
- to think
- to consider
Characters in this entry
- 思
- sī · think, consider, ponder; final particle
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Mandarin tones
1 · si1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
si1 · si3 · soi1
Cantonese word readings for 思. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (literary, or in compounds) to think; to cogitate
- (literary, or in compounds) to miss; to yearn for
- (literary, or in compounds) to hope; to wish
- (literary, or in compounds) feeling; mood
- (literary, or in compounds) thought; thinking
- (obsolete) to lament; to grieve for
- (obsolete) meaningless sentence-initial particle
- (obsolete) meaningless sentence-medial particle
- (obsolete) sentence-final interjectional particle
- a surname
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thought; feeling; mood
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 䰄 (“heavily bearded”)
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