pòmèir

破谜儿

Word · VerbTraditional破謎兒

to guess a riddle; to give a riddle

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to guess a riddle

dialect

指解谜的动作;为方言口语词。

Wǎn晚
fàn饭
hòu后
 ,
yī一
jiā家
rén人
wéi围
zuò坐
zài在
yī一
qǐ起
pò破
mèi谜
r儿
wán玩
 。

After dinner, the whole family sat around and played at guessing riddles.

Zhè这
ge个
mí谜
yǔ语
zhēn真
nán难
 ,
wǒ我
bàn半
tiān天
méi没
pò破
chū出
lái来
 。

This riddle is really hard; I haven't been able to guess it for a long time.

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Nǐ你
huì会
pò破
zhè这
ge个
mèi谜
r儿
ma吗
 ?

Can you figure out this riddle?

2.

verb

to propose a riddle; to give a riddle for others to guess

dialect

指出谜的动作;为方言口语词。

Yé爷
ye爷
zuì最
ài爱
gěi给
sūn孙
zi子
men们
pò破
mèi谜
r儿
 。

Grandpa loves to give riddles for his grandchildren to guess.

Lún轮
dào到
nǐ你
gěi给
wǒ我
men们
pò破
ge个
mèi谜
r儿
le了
 。

It's your turn to give us a riddle.