狐疑

húyí

verb

Meanings

1 to doubt
2 to be suspicious
3 to harbor doubts

Characters

Examples

他听了解释仍然满脸狐疑。

Tā tīng lejiě shì réngrán mǎnliǎn húyí.

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

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