寻思

尋思

xúnsī

verb #18,325

Meanings

1 to ponder
2 to consider
3 to think over

Characters

to seek; to search

to think; thought

Examples

他寻思着该怎么办。

Tā xúnsī zhe gāi zěnme bàn.

He pondered what to do.

我寻思了半天也没想明白。

Wǒ xúnsī le bàntiān yě méi xiǎngmíngbai.

I thought about it for a long time but still could not figure it out.

Tips

register

寻思 has a colloquial, slightly dialectal feel. It is more casual and spoken than 思考 (sīkǎo, to think) or 琢磨 (zuómó, to ponder carefully).

Stroke Order

寻 xún

思 sī