HSK 6 · Ideas

思维 sīwéi “thinking” in Chinese

Traditional 思維

What 思维 means

  1. thinking
  2. thought
  3. (line of) thought

How to say 思维

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale思sī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale维wéi2nd tone, rising

思维 in a sentence

  1. 他的思维方式很幼稚。

    Tā de sīwéi fāngshì hěn yòuzhì.

    His way of thinking is very childish.

    Sentence #6333801 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 学习物理能够改变思维。

    Xuéxí wùlǐ nénggòu gǎibiàn sīwéi.

    Learning physics can change your way of thinking.

    Sentence #1750410 from Tatoeba

How 思维 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 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.

The character 维 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
维wéito preserve
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

How to write 思维

思 9 strokes · 维 11 strokes

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

Words related to 思维

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反思fǎnsī · to reflect on构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)思索sīsuǒ · to ponder

Words with 维

维修wéixiū · to repair维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard纤维xiānwéi · fibre维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

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FAQs

思维 (sīwéi) means “thinking” or “thought”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sīwéi: sī with a 1st tone, then wéi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 思维 is written 思維. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type siwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 思维 from the suggestions. Typing siwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
思维 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.