estimate; guess; speculate
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to estimate; to guess; to speculate
literaryOften used for trying to understand someone's thoughts, intentions, or to make a rough calculation.
Tā他
yī一
zhí直
zài在
cǔn忖
mo摸
duì对
fāng方
de的
xīn心
sī思
。
He kept trying to figure out what the other person was thinking.
Wǒ我
cǔn忖
mo摸
zhe着
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
dà大
gài概
xū需
yào要
sān三
ge个
yuè月
wán完
chéng成
。
I estimate this project will take about three months to complete.
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Tā他
zhè这
huà话
shì是
shén什
me么
yì意
sī思
？
Wǒ我
děi得
hǎo好
hǎo好
cǔn忖
mo摸
yī一
xià下
。
What does he mean by that? I need to think it over carefully.