xínsi
寻思
think over; consider (colloquial)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to think over; to consider; to ponder (colloquial pronunciation)
informalColloquial variant of 寻思 (xún si), commonly used in spoken Mandarin, especially in northern dialects. The vowel shift from -un to -in is characteristic of casual speech.
Wǒ我
xín寻
si思
zhe着
zhè这
shìr事
bú儿
duì不
jìn对
劲
。
I'm thinking something's not right about this.
Nǐ你
zì自
gěr个
xín儿
si寻
xín思
si寻
zhè思
，
yàng这
zuò样
hé做
shì合
ma适
吗
？
Think it over yourself—is it appropriate to do this?
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Tā他
xín寻
si思
le了
bàn半
tiān天
，
yě也
méi没
xiǎng想
chū出
gè个
hǎo好
bàn办
fǎ法
。
He thought about it for ages but couldn't come up with a good solution.