猜测

猜測

cāicè

verb HSK 5 #4,547

Meanings

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

HSK 2

不要随便猜测别人的想法。

Bùyào suíbiàn cāicè biérén de xiǎngfǎ.

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

HSK 3

这只是我的猜测。

Zhè zhǐshì wǒ de cāicè.

This is just my speculation.

HSK 5

大家纷纷猜测事情的真相。

Dàjiā fēnfēn cāicè shìqing de zhēnxiàng.

Everyone was speculating about the truth of the matter.

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