揣 chuāi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 耑 specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
揣测
chuǎicè
to conjecture; to speculate
Characters in this word
测 cè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于会议纪要没有公开，外界只能揣测双方谈判破裂的真正原因。 Yóuyú huìyì jìyào méiyǒu gōngkāi, wàijiè zhǐ néng chuǎicè shuāngfāng tánpàn pòliè de zhēnzhèng yuányīn. Because the meeting minutes were not made public, outsiders could only speculate about the real reason the negotiations broke down.
- 大家都在揣测他突然搬家的原因。 Dàjiā dōu zài chuǎicè tā tūrán bānjiā de yuányīn. Everyone is guessing at the reason why he suddenly moved house.
- 别随便揣测别人的想法，直接问问他吧。 Bié suíbiàn chuǎicè biérén de xiǎngfǎ, zhíjiē wènwen tā ba. Don't casually speculate about what others are thinking; just ask him directly.
Related words
- 揣 chuāi to tuck; to carry in one’s clothes
- 揣摩 chuǎimó to try to figure out; to ponder carefully
- 测 cè to measure
- 测量 cèliáng to measure
- 测试 cèshì test
- 检测 jiǎncè test; to test
- 预测 yùcè to predict
- 猜测 cāicè to guess; to suppose
- 监测 jiāncè to monitor
- 推测 tuīcè to speculate, to guess
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
- 测定 cèdìng to determine; to measure