思慕

Chinese

		to think; to consider	admire
trad. (思慕)		思	慕
simp. ^#(思慕)		思	慕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīmù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ mou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sir-mō͘ / su-bō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihmù
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: sz̄-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: symuh
  - Palladius: сыму (symu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ mou⁶
  - Yale: sī mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sir-mōo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ mɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: su-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'bo
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/

Verb

思慕

to miss; to think of; to yearn for; to reminisce
to admire; to look up to

Synonyms

(to miss):

念想 (niànxiǎng)
思 (literary, or in compounds)
思念 (sīniàn)
思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
想念 (xiǎngniàn)
感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
相思 (xiāngsī)
眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
眷戀 / 眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

(to admire):

仰慕 (yǎngmù)
佩服 (pèifú)
嚮慕 / 向慕 (xiàngmù)
想望 (xiǎngwàng)
拜服 (bàifú) (polite)
敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
敬佩 (jìngpèi)
敬慕 (jìngmù)
景仰 (jǐngyǎng)
景慕 (jǐngmù) (literary)
欽仰 / 钦仰 (qīnyǎng) (literary)
欽佩 / 钦佩 (qīnpèi)
渴仰 (kěyǎng) (literary)
賓服 / 宾服 (bīnfu) (regional)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	慕
し Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

思(し)慕(ぼ) • (shibo)

longing, yearning

Verb

思(し)慕(ぼ)する • (shibo suru) suru (stem 思(し)慕(ぼ)し (shibo shi), past 思(し)慕(ぼ)した (shibo shita))

long, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of "思慕する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	思慕し	しぼし	shibo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	思慕し	しぼし	shibo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	思慕する	しぼする	shibo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	思慕する	しぼする	shibo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	思慕すれ	しぼすれ	shibo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	思慕せよ¹ 思慕しろ²	しぼせよ¹ しぼしろ²	shibo seyo¹ shibo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	思慕される	しぼされる	shibo sareru
Causative	思慕させる思慕さす	しぼさせるしぼさす	shibo saseru shibo sasu
Potential	思慕できる	しぼできる	shibo dekiru
Volitional	思慕しよう	しぼしよう	shibo shiyō
Negative	思慕しない	しぼしない	shibo shinai
Negative continuative	思慕せず	しぼせず	shibo sezu
Formal	思慕します	しぼします	shibo shimasu
Perfective	思慕した	しぼした	shibo shita
Conjunctive	思慕して	しぼして	shibo shite
Hypothetical conditional	思慕すれば	しぼすれば	shibo sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“思慕”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026