猜谜

猜謎

cāimí

verb HSK 7-9 #14,397

Meanings

1 to guess a riddle
2 to guess
3 to speculate

Characters

Examples

元宵节的时候大家都喜欢猜谜。

Yuánxiāojié de shíhou dàjiā dōu xǐhuan cāimí.

Everyone likes to guess riddles during the Lantern Festival.

别让我猜谜了，直接告诉我吧。

Bié ràngwǒ cāimí le, zhíjiē gàosu wǒ ba.

Stop making me guess, just tell me.

Tips

culture

猜灯谜 (cāi dēngmí, guessing lantern riddles) is a traditional activity during the Lantern Festival (元宵节). Riddles are written on paper lanterns for people to solve.

Stroke Order

猜 cāi

谜 mí