Thinking in Chinese
thinking · HSK 5
思维
- 思 to think
- 维 to maintain
这个游戏能锻炼孩子的思维。 This game can train children's thinking.
Other ways to say thinking
More words with 思 or 维
How do you say thinking in Chinese?
Thinking in Chinese is 思维 (sī wéi). You can also say 思想 (sī xiǎng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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