Kilo Lingo

思

sī

Traditional: 思

#5089 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to think; thought (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 思

思

Examples

词cí？

What does this word mean?

，迟chí。

Sorry, I'm late.

。

His idea is interesting.

陷xiàn深shēn。

He sank into deep thought.

历lì史shǐ。

I enjoy thinking deeply about history.

思 (sī) means to think. In daily speech it almost always pairs with 意 in 意思, which covers meaning, idea, and (in 不好意思) the mild apology of feeling awkward.

Related words

不好意思

excuse me, sorry (mild); to feel embarrassed

意思

meaning, idea, interest

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 思.

意思yì sīmeaning, idea, interest不好意思bù hǎo yì siexcuse me, sorry (mild); to feel embarrassed

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This word is part of lesson 102.