HSK 6 · Verbs

反思 fǎnsī “to reflect on” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 反思 means

  1. to reflect on
  2. to look back on
  3. reflection
  4. to think back over sth
  5. to review
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to revisit
  • to rethink
  • reassessment

How to say 反思

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale反fǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale思sī1st tone, high and level

反思 in a sentence

  1. 反思并回应。

    Fǎnsī bìng huíyìng.

    Reflect and respond.

    Sentence #13244332 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 反思 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 反 (fǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
反fǎncontrary
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 又again · yòu
The character 思 (sī) with each of its parts in a different colour
思sīto think
  • 田field · tián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidA head 田 (once a drawing of the skull) above the heart 心: to think.

How to write 反思

反 4 strokes · 思 9 strokes

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反思 (fǎnsī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 反思 (fǎnsī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 反思

Words with 反

反对fǎnduì · to oppose相反xiāngfǎn · opposite反映fǎnyìng · to reflect反应fǎnyìng · to react违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)反而fǎn'ér · on the contrary反复fǎnfù · repeatedly反正fǎnzhèng · anyway反驳fǎnbó · to refute反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question

Words with 思

意思yìsi · meaning没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed思考sīkǎo · to reflect on思想sīxiǎng · thought沉思chénsī · to ponder构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)思索sīsuǒ · to ponder思念sīniàn · to miss

More words: Thinking & Talking

对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly发觉fājué · to discover反驳fǎnbó · to refute反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question发誓fāshì · to swear分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish吩咐fēnfù · to instruct

FAQs

反思 (fǎnsī) means “to reflect on” or “to look back on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎnsī: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then sī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 反思 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fansi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反思 from the suggestions. Typing fansi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反思 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.