猜

cāi

HSK 5freq #2168

Meanings

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cāi

1.to guess

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Wiktionary

1.to guess; to suppose; to conjecture
2.to suspect; to have a suspicion; to doubt
3.suspicion; jealousy
4.to envy; to hate; to resent
5.to play (a hand game)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰlɯː): semantic 犭 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

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Stroke order

Components

猜犭青

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我猜你是對的。
I guess you're right.
你差不多猜对了。
You very nearly guessed it.
您差不多猜对了。
Your guess is almost right.
你差不多猜对了。
Your guess is almost right.
我猜那應該可以的。
I guess that would be all right.
你能猜到我有什么吗？
Can you guess what I have?

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

估摸估測估测估計估计估量假定假想假設假设商量嫌忖度思裁想象懸悬懸想悬想懷疑怀疑打估推想推測推测掠算揣度擬拟母量

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Related words

猜测 to guess 猜想 to guess; to conjecture; to suppose 猜谜 to answer a riddle 猜中 to guess correctly 猜疑 to suspect 猜拳 finger-guessing game 瞎猜 to make a wild guess 竞猜 to try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc)猜度 to surmise 盲猜 to hazard a guess 嫌猜 suspicion 猜着 to guess correctly