估摸

gūmo

verb #32,122

Meanings

1 to reckon
2 to guess
3 to estimate

Characters

estimate; appraise

feel; grope (here neutral tone)

Examples

我估摸他快到了。

Wǒ gūmo tā kuài dào le.

I reckon he'll be here soon.

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?

Tips

register

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.

Stroke Order

估 gū

摸 mō