狐疑

húyí

verb

Meanings

1 to doubt
2 to be suspicious
3 to harbor doubts

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

他听了解释仍然满脸狐疑。

Tā tīng le jiěshì réngrán mǎnliǎn húyí.

Even after hearing the explanation, his face was still full of doubt.

HSK 7-9

她狐疑地看着那封匿名信。

Tā húyí de kàn zhe nà fēng nìmíngxìn.

She looked at the anonymous letter with suspicion.

Tips

memory

Literally 'fox doubt' - in Chinese folklore foxes are notoriously cautious and mistrustful, so their wariness became a byword for suspicion.

Stroke Order

狐 hú

疑 yí