神思

shénsī

noun

Meanings

1 state of mind
2 mental state
3 thoughts

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Examples

他最近神思恍惚，好像有心事。

Tā zuìjìn shénsī huǎnghū, hǎoxiàng yǒu xīnshì.

He's been in a daze recently, as if something is weighing on him.

听到这个消息，她神思不定。

Tīng dào zhège xiāoxi, tā shénsī bú dìng.

On hearing the news, her thoughts were unsettled.

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Literary. Almost always paired: 神思恍惚 (mind in a daze), 神思不定 (thoughts unsettled), 神思飞越 (thoughts soaring). Bare 神思 outside such pairings sounds odd in modern speech — stick to set collocations.

Stroke Order

神 shén

思 sī