chén sī

HSK 7–9

沉思 (chén sī) is a Chinese word meaning “to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation”.

Meanings

  1. 1to contemplate
  2. 2to ponder
  3. 3contemplation
  4. 4meditation
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 沉思

沉chén · to submerge思sī · to think

Related words

意思idea不好意思to feel embarrassed有意思interesting不可思议(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable思考to reflect on思想thought沉默taciturn思to think沉to submerge沉variant of 沉[chen2]思维(line of) thought; thinking心思mind

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