{"id":9666,"date":"2018-01-14T07:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T07:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=9666"},"modified":"2025-03-18T03:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:30:04","slug":"i-think-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/i-think-in-chinese.html","title":{"rendered":"How to \u201cThink\u201d in Chinese: Understanding the Differences Between \u60f3, \u89c9\u5f97, \u8ba4\u4e3a and \u4ee5\u4e3a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As you start to build a wider vocabulary in Chinese, you\u2019re bound to encounter words that share the same general translation in English but have widely different nuances in meaning and usage. It can be difficult to differentiate between these synonyms because their precise meaning may not have a one-to-one English equivalent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the words \u60f3 (xi\u01ceng), \u89c9\u5f97 (ju\u00e9de), \u8ba4\u4e3a (r\u00e8nw\u00e9i), and \u4ee5\u4e3a (y\u01d0w\u00e9i) all mean \u201cthink\u201d, but did you know that they can express widely different levels of sureness and subjectivity? The verb \u4ee5\u4e3a can even imply that someone believes something that is factually false, which is a very tricky thing to translate into simple English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, we\u2019ve provided a detailed overview of each of these four verbs, followed by a table that you can use to compare and contrast their different uses quickly. At the end, you can test your knowledge with a quick quiz to make sure that you\u2019ve fully grasped when to use which verb.<\/p>\n\n\n<div role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Table of Contents\" class=\"simpletoc custom_toc wp-block-simpletoc-toc\"><ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=other/_#overview-the-four-main-verbs-meaning-think-in-chinese\">Overview: The four main verbs meaning \u201cthink\u201d in Chinese<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=other/_#%25e6%2583%25b3-xiang\">\u60f3 (xi\u01ceng)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=other/_#%25e8%25a7%2589%25e5%25be%2597-juede\">\u89c9\u5f97 (ju\u00e9de)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=other/_#%25e8%25ae%25a4%25e4%25b8%25ba-renwei\">\u8ba4\u4e3a (r\u00e8nw\u00e9i)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=other/_#%25e4%25bb%25a5%25e4%25b8%25ba-yiwei\">\u4ee5\u4e3a (y\u01d0w\u00e9i)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=other/_#comparison-chart-%25e6%2583%25b3-%25e8%25a7%2589%25e5%25be%2597-%25e8%25ae%25a4%25e4%25b8%25ba-and-%25e4%25bb%25a5%25e4%25b8%25ba\">Comparison Chart: \u60f3, \u89c9\u5f97, \u8ba4\u4e3a, and \u4ee5\u4e3a<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=other/_#final-quiz-test-your-understanding\">Final Quiz: Test your understanding<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview-the-four-main-verbs-meaning-think-in-chinese\">Overview: The four main verbs meaning \u201cthink\u201d in Chinese<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%25e6%2583%25b3-xiang\">\u60f3 (xi\u01ceng)<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Details<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/td><td>Pronoun\/Name of a person + \u60f3 + other elements<\/td><td><em>\u6211\u60f3\u4ed6\u8bf4\u7684\u662f\u5bf9\u7684\u3002(W\u01d2 xi\u01cen\u0261 t\u0101 shu\u014dde sh\u00ec du\u00ec de.)I think what he said is right.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Collocations<\/strong><\/td><td>1. You can use the duplicate form \u60f3\u60f3 and quantifier complements such as \u4e00\u4e0b\u513f(y\u00ed xi\u00e0\u2019r) and \u4e00\u4f1a\u513f(y\u00ed hu\u00ec\u2019r) to emphasize the act of thinking something over.<br>2. You can also use the demonstrative pronouns \u8fd9\u6837(zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261) or \u8fd9\u4e48(zh\u00e8me) to avoid repeating longer phrases and add emphasis to your reply.<\/td><td><em>1. \u8ba9\u6211\u60f3\u60f3\u3002(R\u00e0n\u0261 w\u01d2 xi\u01cen\u0261xian\u0261.)Let me think.<\/em><em>\u8ba9\u6211\u60f3\u4e00\u4e0b\u513f\/\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f\u3002(R\u00e0n\u0261 w\u01d2 xi\u01cen\u0261 y\u00edxi\u00e0\u2019r\/y\u00ed hu\u00ec\u2019r.) Let me think for a while.<\/em><br><em>2. \u4f60\u600e\u4e48\u80fd\u8fd9\u6837\u60f3\u3002(N\u01d0 z\u011bnme n\u00e9n\u0261 zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261 xi\u01cen\u0261.) <\/em>How could you think like this?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/td><td>You can use \u4e0d or \u6ca1 to negate \u60f3.<br>When using \u4e0d to negate the present or future, it\u2019s common to use the phrase \u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\u4e0d\/\u8fd9\u4e48\u60f3.<br>When using \u6ca1 to negate the past, it\u2019s common to use the phrase \u6ca1\u8fd9\u6837\/\u6ca1\u8fd9\u4e48\u60f3\u8fc7 or the structure \u6ca1\u60f3\u8fc7\/\u5230+(other elements).<\/td><td><em>1. \u2014\u2014\u6211\u60f3\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e0d\u4f1a\u6765\u4e86\u3002(W\u01d2 xi\u01cen\u0261 t\u0101men b\u00fa hu\u00ec l\u00e1i le.) I don\u2019t think they will come.<\/em><br><em>\u2014\u2014\u6211\u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\/<\/em>\u4e0d<em>\u8fd9\u4e48\u60f3\u3002\u4ed6\u4eec\u80af\u5b9a\u4f1a\u6765\u7684\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00fa zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261\/zh\u00e8me xi\u01cen\u0261. T\u0101men k\u011bnd\u00ecn\u0261 hu\u00ec l\u00e1i de.) I don\u2019t think so. They will surely come.<\/em><br><em>2. \u6211\u6ca1\u60f3\u8fc7\/\u5230\u4ed6\u4f1a\u6765\u53c2\u52a0\u6211\u7684\u751f\u65e5\u805a\u4f1a\u3002(W\u01d2 m\u00e9i xi\u01cen\u0261 \u0261u\u00f2 t\u0101 hu\u00ed l\u00e1i c\u0101nji\u0101 w\u01d2 de sh\u0113n\u0261r\u00ec j\u00f9hu\u00ec.) I didn\u2019t think he would come to my birthday party.<\/em> <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> \u60f3 can also be used to express personal desires or plans, which is often how it is first introduced at the beginner level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211<strong>\u60f3<\/strong>\u53bb\u5546\u5e97\u4e70\u4e00\u4e9b\u6c34\u679c\u3002(W\u01d2 xi\u01cen\u0261 q\u00f9 sh\u0101n\u0261di\u00e0n m\u01cei y\u00ecxi\u0113 shu\u01d0\u0261u\u01d2.)<br>I <strong>want<\/strong> to go to the shop to buy some fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%25e8%25a7%2589%25e5%25be%2597-juede\">\u89c9\u5f97 (ju\u00e9de)<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Details<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/td><td>Pronoun\/Name of a person + \u89c9\u5f97 + other elements<\/td><td><em>\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u6ca1\u9519\u3002(W\u01d2 ju\u00e9de t\u0101 m\u00e9i cu\u00f2.)I don\u2019t think he is wrong.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Collocations<\/strong><\/td><td>You can use the demonstrative pronouns \u8fd9\u6837(zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261) or \u8fd9\u4e48(zh\u00e8me)\u201d to replace longer phrases and add emphasis.&nbsp;To form a negative sentence using a demonstrative pronoun, use \u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\/\u4e0d\u8fd9\u4e48\u89c9\u5f97\u201d.<\/td><td><em>\u2014\u2014\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u660e\u5929\u4ed6\u53ef\u80fd\u4f1a\u8fdf\u5230\u3002(W\u01d2 ju\u00e9de m\u00edn\u0261ti\u0101n t\u0101 k\u011bn\u00e9n\u0261 hu\u00ec ch\u00edd\u00e0o.) I think he will be late tomorrow.<\/em><br><em>\u2014\u2014\u6211\u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\/\u4e0d\u8fd9\u4e48\u89c9\u5f97\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00fa zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261\/ zh\u00e8me ju\u00e9de.) I don\u2019t think so.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/td><td>You can use \u4e0d or \u6ca1 to negate, but they have some differences in emphasis:<br>1. \u4e0d is stronger than \u6ca1 and shows a higher degree of negation. \u6ca1 also implies some uncertainty in the speaker\u2019s tone.<br>2. \u6ca1 is typically used to negate the past, while \u4e0d is used to negate the present and future.<\/td><td><em>1. \u6211\u4e0d\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u662f\u6b63\u786e\u7684\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00f9 ju\u00e9de t\u0101 sh\u00ec zh\u00e8n\u0261qu\u00e8 de.) I don\u2019t think he is right.<\/em><br><em>2. \u6211\u6ca1\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u8bf4\u7684\u662f\u5bf9\u7684\u3002(W\u01d2 m\u00e9i ju\u00e9de t\u0101 shu\u014dde sh\u00ec du\u00ec de.) I do not think that what he said was right.<\/em><br><em>3.\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u4f60\u4e4b\u524d\u4e0d\u662f\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u5f88\u5e05\u5417\uff1f(N\u01d0 zh\u012bqi\u00e1n b\u00fa sh\u00ec ju\u00e9de t\u0101 h\u011bn shu\u00e0i m\u0251\uff1f) Didn\u2019t you think he was handsome before?<\/em><br><em>\u2014\u2014\u4f60\u542c\u8c01\u8bf4\u7684\uff0c\u6211\u6ca1\u89c9\u5f97\u4ed6\u5f88\u5e05\u554a\u3002(N\u01d0 t\u012bn\u0261 shu\u00ed shu\u014d de\uff0c w\u01d2 m\u00e9i ju\u00e9de t\u0101 h\u011bn shu\u00e0i \u0101.) Who told you that? I did not think he was handsome.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%25e8%25ae%25a4%25e4%25b8%25ba-renwei\">\u8ba4\u4e3a (r\u00e8nw\u00e9i)<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Details<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Pronoun\/Name of a person\/essay\/meeting + \u8ba4\u4e3a + other elements.<br>2. \u88ab(b\u00e8i)\uff08\u2026\u2026\uff09\u8ba4\u4e3a\u2026\u2026 can be used to indicate that a piece of information is widely agreed upon or considered a certain way.<\/td><td><em>1. \u6211\u8ba4\u4e3a\u8fd9\u4ef6\u4e8b\u5e94\u8be5\u518d\u8ba8\u8bba\u8ba8\u8bba\u3002(W\u01d2 r\u00e8nw\u00e9i zh\u00e8 ji\u00e0n sh\u00ec y\u012bn\u0261\u0261\u0101i z\u00e0i t\u01ceol\u00f9n t\u01ceolun.) I think we should discuss this matter again.<\/em><br><em>2. \u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u88ab\u8ba4\u4e3a\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u5b66\u4e60\u6c49\u8bed\u7684\u597d\u65b9\u6cd5\u4e4b\u4e00\u3002(T\u012bn\u0261 y\u012bnyu\u00e8 b\u00e8i r\u00e8nw\u00e9i sh\u00ec y\u00ed\u0261\u00e8 xu\u00e9x\u00ed h\u00e0ny\u01d4 de h\u01ceo f\u0101n\u0261f\u01ce zh\u012b y\u012b.) Listening to music is recognized as one of the best ways to study Chinese.<\/em><br><em>3.\u6587\u7ae0\u8ba4\u4e3a\u4fdd\u62a4\u5730\u7403\uff0c\u4eba\u4eba\u6709\u8d23\u3002(W\u00e9nzh\u0101n\u0261 r\u00e8nw\u00e9i b\u01ceoh\u00f9 d\u00ecqi\u00fa, r\u00e9nr\u00e9n y\u01d2u z\u00e9.)This article believes that protecting the earth is everyone\u2019s responsibility.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Collocations<\/strong><\/td><td>1. You can use \u575a\u51b3 (ji\u0101n ju\u00e9) or \u575a\u6301 (ji\u0101n ch\u00ed) to emphasize a firm opinion.<br>2. You can also use the demonstrative pronouns \u8fd9\u6837 (zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261) or \u8fd9\u4e48 (zh\u00e8me) to emphasize a standpoint or replace longer phrases after the verb<\/td><td><em>1. \u4ed6\u575a\u51b3\u8ba4\u4e3a\u516c\u53f8\u4e0d\u5e94\u8be5\u91c7\u53d6\u65b9\u6848A\u3002(T\u0101 ji\u0101nju\u00e9 r\u00e8nw\u00e9i \u0261\u014dn\u0261s\u012b b\u00f9 y\u012bn\u0261\u0261\u0101i c\u00e1iq\u01d4 f\u0101n\u0261\u2019\u00e0n A.) He insists that our firm should not follow Plan A.<\/em><br><em>2. \u6211\u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\/\u4e0d\u8fd9\u4e48\u8ba4\u4e3a\u3002\u6211\u7684\u89c2\u70b9\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u6b63\u597d\u76f8\u53cd\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00fa zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261\/zh\u00e8me r\u00e8n w\u00e9i. W\u01d2 de \u0261u\u0101ndi\u01cen h\u00e9 t\u0101de zh\u00e8n\u0261h\u01ceo xi\u0101n\u0261f\u01cen.) I don\u2019t think so. My opinion is the exact opposite of his.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/td><td>You can use \u4e0d or \u6ca1 to negate.<\/td><td><em>\u2014\u2014\u6211\u8ba4\u4e3a\u6211\u4eec\u5e94\u8be5\u9075\u5b88\u7ecf\u7406\u7684\u547d\u4ee4\u3002(W\u01d2 r\u00e8nw\u00e9i w\u01d2men y\u012bn\u0261\u0261\u0101i z\u016bn sh\u01d2u j\u012bn\u0261l\u01d0 de m\u00ecn\u0261l\u00ecn\u0261.) I think we should obey the manager\u2019s orders.<\/em><br><em>\u2014\u2014\u6211\u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\/\u4e0d\u8fd9\u4e48\u8ba4\u4e3a\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00fazh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261\/zh\u00e8me r\u00e8nw\u00e9i.) I don\u2019t think so.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%25e4%25bb%25a5%25e4%25b8%25ba-yiwei\">\u4ee5\u4e3a (y\u01d0w\u00e9i)<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Details<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Pronoun\/Name of a person + \u4ee5\u4e3a + other elements<br>2. \u8ba9(r\u00e0n\u0261)\u2026\u2026\u4ee5\u4e3a\u2026\u2026<\/td><td><em>1. \u6211\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4ed6\u4e0d\u60f3\u53bb\uff0c\u5176\u5b9e\u4ed6\u4e00\u76f4\u5c31\u60f3\u53bb\u3002(W\u01d2 y\u01d0w\u00e9i t\u0101 b\u00f9 xi\u01cen\u0261 q\u00f9, q\u00edsh\u00ed t\u0101 y\u00eczh\u00ed ji\u00f9 xi\u01cen\u0261 q\u00f9.) I thought he didn\u2019t want to go, but actually he had wanted to go all along.<\/em><br><em>2. \u4ed6\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\u8ba9\u6211\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4ed6\u60f3\u53bb\u4e2d\u56fd\u3002(T\u0101 zh\u00e8y\u00e0n\u0261 zu\u00f2 r\u00e0n\u0261 w\u01d2 y\u01d0w\u00e9i t\u0101 xi\u01cen\u0261 q\u00f9 Zh\u014dn\u0261\u0261u\u00f3.) What he did made me think that he wanted to go to China.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Collocations<\/strong><\/td><td>You can use \u8fd8(h\u00e1i) and \u4e00\u76f4(y\u00eczh\u00ed) to add emphasis, creating the fixed phrases \u201c\u8fd8\u4ee5\u4e3a\u201d (h\u00e1i y\u01d0 w\u00e9i) and \u201c\u4e00\u76f4\u4ee5\u4e3a\u201d (y\u00eczh\u00ed y\u01d0w\u00e9i).<\/td><td><em>1. \u6211\u8fd8\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4ed6\u4e0d\u4f1a\u6765\u53c2\u52a0\u6211\u7684\u751f\u65e5\u805a\u4f1a\u4e86\u5462\u3002(W\u01d2 h\u00e1i y\u01d0w\u00e9i t\u0101 b\u00fa hu\u00ec l\u00e1i c\u0101nji\u0101 w\u01d2de sh\u0113n\u0261r\u00ec j\u00f9hu\u00ec le ne.) I thought he wouldn\u2019t come to my birthday party, but he did.<\/em><br><em>2. \u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u76f4\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4ed6\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\uff0c\u4f46\u5b9e\u9645\u4e0a\u4ed6\u662f\u97e9\u56fd\u4eba\u3002(W\u01d2men y\u00eczh\u00ed y\u01d0w\u00e9i t\u0101 sh\u00ec Zh\u014dn\u0261\u0261u\u00f3 r\u00e9n\uff0cd\u00e0n sh\u00edj\u00ecsh\u00e0n\u0261 t\u0101 sh\u00ec H\u00e1n\u0261u\u00f3 r\u00e9n.) We always thought he was Chinese, but in fact, he is Korean.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/td><td>You cannot use \u4e0d or \u6ca1 to negate \u4ee5\u4e3a.<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"comparison-chart-%25e6%2583%25b3-%25e8%25a7%2589%25e5%25be%2597-%25e8%25ae%25a4%25e4%25b8%25ba-and-%25e4%25bb%25a5%25e4%25b8%25ba\"><strong>Comparison Chart: \u60f3, \u89c9\u5f97, \u8ba4\u4e3a, and \u4ee5\u4e3a<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>\u60f3<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u89c9\u5f97<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u8ba4\u4e3a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u4ee5\u4e3a<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Part of speech<\/strong><\/td><td>Verb<\/td><td>Verb<\/td><td>Verb<\/td><td>Verb<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/td><td>Use \u60f3 (xi\u01ceng) to express your personal opinions or make subjective 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