思 (sāi) — think; consider; deliberate; think of; long for; thought
Definition
思 (sāi) here is the bound morpheme in compounds like 思考 and 思念 — the everyday verbs 想 alone cover 'think' and 想念 cover 'miss/long for'.
bound form
thinkconsiderdeliberatethink oflong forthought
Examples
- 。Wǒ sāi kǎo zhè ge wèn tí.I think about this problem.
- 思思，。Tā sāi lái sāi qù, hái shì méi jué dìng.He thought it over and over but still didn't decide.
- 思？Nǐ zài sāi shén me ne?What are you thinking about?
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