疑似

yísì
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 suspected
  2. 2 apparent
  3. 3 possible (not yet confirmed)

Examples

HSK 6
Yǒurén pāidào le yì zhāng yísì xīnkuǎn shǒujī de zhàopiàn.
Someone has taken a photo of what appears to be the new phone model.
HSK 7-9
Jǐngfāng zài xiànchǎng fāxiàn le yísì bàozhàwù de dōngxi.
Police found what appeared to be explosives at the scene.

Tips

usage
疑似 is news language for something that looks like X but is not yet confirmed: 疑似病例 'suspected case', 疑似感染 'suspected infection'. In gossip headlines it hedges a claim, as in 疑似恋情曝光 'possible romance revealed'.

Stroke Order

疑 yí
似 sì