猜测

猜測

cāicè

verb/noun HSK 5 #4,547

Meanings

To guess and measure — making an educated guess about something uncertain.

Dàjiā fēnfēn cāicè shìqing de zhēnxiàng.

Everyone was speculating about the truth of the matter.

Zhè zhǐ shì wǒ de cāicè.

This is just my speculation.

Bùyào suíbiàn cāicè biérén de xiǎngfǎ.

Don't casually speculate about other people's thoughts.

usage

猜测 is more formal than 猜. Use 猜 in casual speech ('guess what!') and 猜测 in news/formal contexts ('experts speculate that...').

猜 cāi

测 cè