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Jyutping ming4 si1
Pinyin míng sī

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)

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Jyutping ming5 si1
Pinyin míng sī

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to think hard; to cudgel one's brains
    (syn.) 考虑, 顾全, 琢磨, 深思, 掂量, 思虑, 計較, 苦思, 著想, 尋味, 寻思, 沉思, 思想, 尋思, 计算, 斟酌, 思索, 照顾, 思维, 照顧, 算计, 玩味, 慎思, 品味, 寻味, 思維, 考慮, 思慮, 思量, 設想, 顧及, 計算, 着想, 顧全, 算計, 顾及, 思, 掂掇, 计较, 设想, 念, 揣摩, 冥想, 思考, 推敲, 玩弄, 思裁
  2. noun, literary
    delusion; fantasy
    (syn.) 幻想, 空想
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    只有蠢人,才是他一个人,或者邀集一堆人,不作调查,而只是冥思苦索地“想办法”,“打主意”。
    只有蠢人,才是他一個人,或者邀集一堆人,不作調查,而只是冥思苦索地“想辦法”,“打主意”。
    zhǐ yǒu chǔn rén , cái shì tā yī gè rén , huò zhě yāo jí yī duī rén , bù zuò diào chá , ér zhǐ shì míng sī kǔ suǒ de “ xiǎng bàn fǎ ” , “ dǎ zhǔ yì ” .
    • Only a blockhead cudgels his brains on his own, or together with a group, to "find solution" or "evolve an idea" without making any investigation.