沉思

沉思 chénsī in a sentence

Ponder (meditate - meditation - contemplate - contemplation - contemplative)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

沉思 (chénsī) means Ponder (meditate - meditation - contemplate - contemplation - contemplative). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他坐在窗前陷入了 沉思 。

Tā zuò zài chuāng qián xiànrù le chénsī.

He sat by the window and sank into thought.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉思

这个问题很值得我们 沉思 。

Zhège wèntí hěn zhíde wǒmen chénsī.

This question is well worth pondering.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉思

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How is 沉思 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 沉思 (chénsī, "Ponder (meditate - meditation - contemplate - contemplation - contemplative)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 沉思 an HSK word?

Yes — 沉思 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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