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思想

sī xiǎng · si xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. thought
  2. thinking
  3. idea
  4. ideology
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In a conversation

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Confucius and teachers

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)在(zài)看(kàn)什么(shénme)书(shū)？

    What book are you reading?

  2. Qiqi

    一本(yīběn)讲(jiǎng)孔子(kǒngzǐ)思想(sīxiǎng)的(de)书(shū)。

    A book about Confucius's thought.

  3. Liangliang

    孔子(kǒngzǐ)的(de)思想(sīxiǎng)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What is Confucius's thought?

  4. Qiqi

    比如(bǐrú)，三个(sāngè)人(rén)走路(zǒulù)，其中(qízhōng)一定(yīdìng)有(yǒu)我(wǒ)的(de)老师(lǎoshī)。

    For example, when three people walk, one of them is surely my teacher.

  5. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)思想(sīxiǎng)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)，今天(jīntiān)你们(nǐmen)都(dōu)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)老师(lǎoshī)。

    This thought is really good. Today you are all my teachers.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

在(zài)拿(ná)笔(bǐ)之(zhī)前(qián)，我(wǒ)要(yào)集(jí)中(zhōng)一(yí)下(xià)思(sī)想(xiǎng)。

I must put my ideas together before I take up a pen.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)的(de)思(sī)想(xiǎng)深(shēn)受(shòu)家(jiā)庭(tíng)环(huán)境(jìng)的(de)影(yǐng)响(xiǎng)。

His thinking is deeply influenced by his family environment.

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The characters

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思
sī

to think; to consider

想
xiǎng

to think (about); to think of; to devise

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