cāi cè
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  • v.conjecture; guess; speculate

    • wàng jiā cāi cè

      猜测

      make wild guesses

    • zhè jiàn shì fēi cháng fù zá jiào rén hěn nán cāi cè

      非常复杂猜测

      The matter is so complex that it is hard to even hazard a guess.

    • hú luàn cāi cè

      胡乱猜测

      wild speculation

    • duì zhè yī shì jiàn jìn xíng cāi cè shì fēi cháng kùn nán de

      事件进行猜测非常困难

      It is very difficult to speculate on this event.

    • píng cāi cè

      猜测

      by guess

    • cāi cè mǒu shì

      猜测

      make a guess

    • cāi cè nián líng

      猜测年龄

      guess at somebody's age

    • cāi cè xīn si

      猜测心思

      surmise somebody's thoughts

    • wǒ cāi cè tā huì duì gǎi háng jīng yíng hòu huǐ de

      猜测改行经营后悔

      I hazard the conjecture that he will regret having changed his business.

    • wǒ men zhǐ néng cāi cè dàng shí xiōng shǒu xiǎng de shì shén me

      我们猜测当时凶手什么

      We can only conjecture about what was in the killer's mind.

Word usage

  • Note
    "猜测" and "猜想"is different from "推测". "推测" means "infer"; "猜测" and "猜想" usually means "guess".