猜
cāiTraditional: 猜
HSK 4
#546 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to guess, to speculate
Stroke order
猜
Examples
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Guess where I am?
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I guess he won't come.
!
You guessed right!
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Guess how old I am.
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He guessed the answer correctly.
猜 (cāi) means to guess or to speculate about something unknown. It is used both as a direct invitation to guess (你猜, you guess) and to express an inference (我猜, I guess/think). The result complement 猜对 means to guess correctly and 猜错 means to guess wrong. 猜谜 (cāi mí) means to solve a riddle. In everyday speech 我猜 functions similarly to I think or I suppose.
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