# 思索
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sīsuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ sok$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-soh / sir-sok / su-sok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sīsuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sihsuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$-so$^3$
*** Yale: sz̄-swǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sysuoo
*** Palladius: сысо (syso)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ sok$^3$
*** Yale: sī sok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ sok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ sog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ sɔːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-soh
*** Tâi-lô: su-soh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: susoiq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sok
*** Tâi-lô: sir-sok
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sɔk̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sok
*** Tâi-lô: su-sok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: susog
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/

### Verb

思索
* to think deeply; to ponder

#### Synonyms

* 冥思 (míngsī)
* 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
* 品味 (pǐnwèi)
* 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
* 尋思／寻思
* 念 (niàn)
* 思 (literary, or in compounds)
* 思想 (sīxiǎng)
* 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
* 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
* 思考 (sīkǎo)
* 思裁 (si$^1$ cai$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 思量 (sīliáng)
* 慎思 (shènsī)
* 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
* 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
* 掂量 (diānliáng)
* 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
* 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
* 沉思 (chénsī)
* 深思 (shēnsī)
* 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
* 玩味 (wánwèi)
* 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
* 琢磨 (zuómo)
* 算計／算计 (suànjì)
* 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
* 苦思 (kǔsī)
* 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
* 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
* 計較／计较
* 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
* 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
* 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

#### Derived terms

* 不假思索 (bùjiǎsīsuǒ)
* 不加思索 (bùjiāsīsuǒ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 思(し)索(さく) (shisaku)
* → Korean: 사색(思索) (sasaek)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 思 | 索 |
| し Grade: 2 | さく Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しさく [shìsákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕisa̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

思(し)索(さく) • (shisaku)
* contemplation, thinking
* meditation

### Verb

思(し)索(さく)する • (shisaku suru) suru (stem 思(し)索(さく)し (shisaku shi), past 思(し)索(さく)した (shisaku shita))
* to ponder, to contemplate
* to meditate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 思索し | しさくし | shisaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 思索し | しさくし | shisaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 思索する | しさくする | shisaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 思索する | しさくする | shisaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 思索すれ | しさくすれ | shisaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 思索せよ¹ 思索しろ² | しさくせよ¹ しさくしろ² | shisaku seyo¹ shisaku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 思索される | しさくされる | shisaku sareru |
| Causative | 思索させる 思索さす | しさくさせる しさくさす | shisaku saseru shisaku sasu |
| Potential | 思索できる | しさくできる | shisaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 思索しよう | しさくしよう | shisaku shiyō |
| Negative | 思索しない | しさくしない | shisaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 思索せず | しさくせず | shisaku sezu |
| Formal | 思索します | しさくします | shisaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 思索した | しさくした | shisaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 思索して | しさくして | shisaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 思索すれば | しさくすれば | shisaku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||