尋味

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	taste
trad. (尋味)		尋	味
simp. (寻味)		寻	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-wei⁴
    • Yale: syún-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunwey
    • Palladius: сюньвэй (sjunʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ mei⁶
    • Yale: chàhm meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ mei̯²²/

Verb

尋味

1. to chew over; to ruminate; to think over

Synonyms

• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋思／寻思
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

 

Derived terms

• 耐人尋味／耐人寻味 (nàirénxúnwèi)