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猜 cāi

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猜 cāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāi | cai1
English translation
to guess
to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel

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About 猜 cāi

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

猜 cāi

Contains the radical

犭 quǎn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of 猜 cāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰犭青

Semantic compound

犭 quǎn

Phonetic compound

青 Qīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 quǎn represents the meaning and 青 Qīng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 猜 cāi

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你 nǐ 猜 cāi ,我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 超级市场 chāo jí shì chǎng 碰见 pèng jiàn 谁 shuí 了 le ?

Who do you think I knocked against in the supermarket this morning?

不高不矮 ǎi , 黑发 hēi fà ? 可能 kěnéng 在 zài 玩 wán 猜谜游戏 yóuxì ?

Someone average height, dark hair? Or perhaps doing a puzzle?

你 nǐ 常 Cháng 可以 kěyǐ 从 Cóng 上下 shàng xià 文 Wén 中 Zhōng 猜 cāi 出 chū 词义 cí yì 来 lái .

You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.

我 wǒ 猜 cāi 这个 zhè ge 大厅 dà tīng 能 Néng 容纳 róngnà 1000人 rén .

I guess this hall to accommodate 1 , 000 persons.

我 wǒ 猜 cāi 他 tā 被 bèi 他 tā 的 de 女友 nǚ yǒu 甩掉 shuǎi diào 了 le .

I guess his girlfriend has given him the gate.

Words with 猜 cāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
猜 cāi to guess猜 cāi
猜测 cāi cè to guess猜測
猜想 cāi xiǎng to guess猜想 cāi xiǎng
竞猜 jìng cāi quiz game競猜
猜疑 cāi yí to suspect猜疑 cāi yí
猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly猜中 cāi zhòng
猜忌 cāi jì to be suspicious and jealous of猜忌 cāi jì
猜不透 cāi bu tòu to be unable to guess or make out猜不透 cāi bu tòu
猜拳 cāi quán Morra猜拳 cāi quán
瞎猜 xiā cāi blind guess瞎猜 xiā cāi
两小无猜 liǎng xiǎo wú cāi innocent playmates兩小無猜
猜度 cāi duó to surmise猜度 cāi duó

猜 cāi Decomposition & Compounds

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猜 cāi Decomposition

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