| to ponder deeply over; to consider; to think deeply about | to consider carefully | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (深思熟慮) | 深思 | 熟慮 | |
| simp. (深思熟虑) | 深思 | 熟虑 | |
| Rime | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 深 | 深 | 思 | 思 | 熟 | 慮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) | 常 (25) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) | 侵 (139) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) | 屋 (4) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 式針切 | 式禁切 | 息兹切 | 相吏切 | 殊六切 | 良倨切 |
| Baxter | syim | syimH | si | siH | dzyuwk | ljoH |
| Reconstructions | ||||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɕiɪm/ | /ɕiɪmH/ | /sɨ/ | /sɨH/ | /d͡ʑɨuk̚/ | /lɨʌH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɕim/ | /ɕimH/ | /sɨ/ | /sɨH/ | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ | /liɔH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɕjem/ | /ɕjemH/ | /sie/ | /sieH/ | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ | /liɔH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɕim/ | /ɕimH/ | /sɨ/ | /sɨH/ | /d͡ʑuwk̚/ | /lɨə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɕiəm/ | /ɕiəmH/ | /siə/ | /siəH/ | /ʑiuk̚/ | /liɔH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɕĭĕm/ | /ɕĭĕmH/ | /sĭə/ | /sĭəH/ | /ʑĭuk̚/ | /lĭoH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɕi̯əm/ | /ɕi̯əmH/ | /si/ | /siH/ | /ʑi̯uk̚/ | /li̯woH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shēn | shèn | sī | sì | shú | lǜ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
sam1 | sam3 | si1 | si3 | suk6 | leoi6 |
深思熟慮