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猜测

猜測
cāicè
verb/noun HSK 5 #4,547

Meanings

  1. 1 to guess; to conjecture; to speculate
  2. 2 conjecture; speculation

Characters

猜
cāi
to guess
测
cè
to measure; to survey; to conjecture
To guess and measure — making an educated guess about something uncertain.

Examples

大家纷纷猜测事情的真相。
Dàjiā fēnfēn cāicè shìqing de zhēnxiàng.
Everyone was speculating about the truth of the matter.
这只是我的猜测。
Zhè zhǐ shì wǒ de cāicè.
This is just my speculation.
不要随便猜测别人的想法。
Bùyào suíbiàn cāicè biérén de xiǎngfǎ.
Don't casually speculate about other people's thoughts.

Tips

usage
猜测 is more formal than 猜. Use 猜 in casual speech ('guess what!') and 猜测 in news/formal contexts ('experts speculate that...').

Stroke Order

猜 cāi
测 cè