推测

推測

tuīcè

verb HSK 7-9 #4,596

Meanings

1 to speculate
2 to conjecture
3 to infer

Characters

to push; to deduce

to measure; to assess

Examples

HSK 2

我们只能推测事情的经过。

Wǒmen zhǐnéng tuīcè shìqíng de jīngguò.

We can only speculate about what happened.

HSK 7-9

警方推测嫌疑人已经逃离了这座城市。

Jǐngfāng tuīcè xiányírén yǐjīng táolí le zhè zuò chéngshì.

The police speculate that the suspect has fled the city.

Tips

usage

推测 implies reasoning with incomplete evidence. Compare: 推断 (to deduce, with more logical basis) and 猜测 (to guess, with less basis).

Stroke Order

推 tuī

测 cè