# 思考
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sīkǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄎㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ haau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-kháu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): su-khó / sir-khóⁿ / si-khóⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): se$^1$ kao$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sīkǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄎㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sihkǎo
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$-kʻao$^3$
*** Yale: sz̄-kǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sykao
*** Palladius: сыкао (sykao)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ haau$^2$
*** Yale: sī háau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ haau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ hao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-kháu
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˊ$ kau$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^1$ kau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ kʰau̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-khó
*** Tâi-lô: su-khó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: su'qoir
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰo⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-khóⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sir-khónn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-khóⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: si-khónn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: si'qvor
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /si³³ kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: se$^1$ kao$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ kháu
*** Sinological IPA : /sɯ³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/

### Verb

思考
* to think over; to think about; to ponder on
       Nǐmen yīnggāi rènzhēn de sīkǎo zhège wèntí. [Pinyin]
       You should all think about this issue seriously.
       Wǒ dǎsuàn lìyòng zhège shíjiān hǎohǎo shūlǐ yīxià zìjǐ de sīxiǎng, sīkǎo yīxiē wèntí. [Pinyin]
       I plan to use this time to sort out my thoughts and think about some problems.

#### 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)
* 思索 (sīsuǒ)
* 思維 / 思维 (sīwéi)
* 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

* 思考題 / 思考题 (sīkǎotí)
* 換位思考 / 换位思考 (huànwèi sīkǎo)
* 水平思考 (shuǐpíng sīkǎo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 思 | 考 |
| し Grade: 2 | こう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しこー [shìkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕi̥ko̞ː]

### Noun

思(し)考(こう) • (shikō)
* thinking; thought process; a train of thought
** 2016 July 22, “エムラクールの囁(ささや)き [Whispers of Emrakul]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:
    あなたの思(し)考(こう)は、あなたのものではなくなっている。
       Anata no shikō wa, anata no mono de wa nakunatteiru.
       Your thoughts are no longer your own.

#### Derived terms

* 思(し)考(こう)実(じっ)験(けん) (shikō jikken)
* 思(し)考(こう)障(しょう)害(がい) (shikō shōgai)
* 思(し)考(こう)の原(げん)理(り) (shikō no genri)
* 思(し)考(こう)力(りょく) (shikōryoku)
* 垂(すい)直(ちょく)思(し)考(こう) (suichoku shikō)
* 水(すい)平(へい)思(し)考(こう) (suihei shikō, “lateral thinking”)
* 生産的(せいさんてき)思(し)考(こう) (seisanteki shikō)
* マイナス思(し)考(こう) (mainasu shikō)

### Verb

思(し)考(こう)する • (shikō suru) suru (stem 思(し)考(こう)し (shikō shi), past 思(し)考(こう)した (shikō shita))
* to think

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 思考し | しこうし | shikō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 思考し | しこうし | shikō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 思考する | しこうする | shikō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 思考する | しこうする | shikō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 思考すれ | しこうすれ | shikō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 思考せよ¹ 思考しろ² | しこうせよ¹ しこうしろ² | shikō seyo¹ shikō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 思考される | しこうされる | shikō sareru |
| Causative | 思考させる 思考さす | しこうさせる しこうさす | shikō saseru shikō sasu |
| Potential | 思考できる | しこうできる | shikō dekiru |
| Volitional | 思考しよう | しこうしよう | shikō shiyō |
| Negative | 思考しない | しこうしない | shikō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 思考せず | しこうせず | shikō sezu |
| Formal | 思考します | しこうします | shikō shimasu |
| Perfective | 思考した | しこうした | shikō shita |
| Conjunctive | 思考して | しこうして | shikō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 思考すれば | しこうすれば | shikō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||