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HSK 5Character · Verb

guess; suspect

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Meanings

2 senses · 10 examples
1.

verb

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

neutral

Commonly used in daily conversations and games, often followed by objects like riddles, people's identities, or situations.

Wǒ我
men们
lái来
cāi猜
mí谜
yǔ语
ba吧
 ！

Let's play the riddle guessing game!

Nǐ你
cāi猜
shuí谁
lái来
cān参
jiā加
wǒ我
men们
de的
jù聚
huì会
le了
 ？

Guess who came to our party?

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Wǒ我
cāi猜
bù不
tòu透
tā他
wèi为
shén什
me么
tú突
rán然
cí辞
zhí职
le了
 。

I can't figure out why he suddenly quit his job.

Tā他
xǐ喜
huan欢
cāi猜
bié别
rén人
de的
xīn心
si思
 。

He likes to guess other people's thoughts.

Wǒ我
men们
kě可
yǐ以
tōng通
guò过
xiàn线
suǒ索
lái来
cāi猜
xiōng凶
shǒu手
shì是
shuí谁
 。

We can use the clues to guess who the murderer is.

2.

verb

to suspect; to be suspicious

neutral

Used to describe having doubts about someone or something, often used in fixed phrases like 猜忌.

Nǐ你
bù不
yào要
cāi猜
jì忌
bié别
rén人
duì对
nǐ你
de的
hǎo好
yì意
 。

Don't be suspicious of other people's kindness towards you.

Zhè这
duì对
hǎo好
péng朋
yǒu友
cóng从
bù不
cāi猜
duì对
fāng方
 。

These two good friends never doubt each other.

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Tā他
de的
jǔ举
dòng动
ràng让
wǒ我
kāi开
shǐ始
cāi猜
yí疑
xīn心
 。

His behavior made me start to feel suspicious.

Bù不
yào要
hú胡
luàn乱
cāi猜
jì忌
 ，
huì会
shāng伤
hài害
gǎn感
qíng情
de的
 。

Don't make unfounded suspicions, it will hurt your relationship.

Liǎng两
xiǎo小
wú无
cāi猜
de的
tóng童
nián年
shí时
guāng光
hěn很
měi美
hǎo好
 。

The childhood days of innocent friendship are very beautiful.