估摸

gūmo

verb #32,122

Meanings

HSK 2

我估摸他快到了。

Wǒ gūmo tā kuài dào le.

I reckon he'll be here soon.

HSK 2

你估摸这件事得多少钱？

Nǐ gūmo zhè jiàn shì děi duōshǎo qián?

How much do you guess this will cost?

Colloquial/spoken. More casual than 估计 (gūjì) and carries a slight northern-dialect feel. The 摸 here reads neutral tone.

memory

估 'estimate' + 摸 'feel/touch' - like 'feeling out a number' rather than calculating it precisely.

估 gū

摸 mō