cāi xiǎng
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  • 1

    v.suppose; guess

    • hú luàn cāi xiǎng

      胡乱猜想

      guess wildly

    • wǒ cāi xiǎng tā jǐ nián zhī nèi shì bù huì huí lái de

      猜想之内回来

      I suppose he will not come back within a few years.

    • wǒ cāi xiǎng tā shēng bìng le

      猜想生病

      I supsect he is ill.

  • 2

    n.conjecture

    • tā cāi xiǎng tā men huí jiā le

      猜想他们回家

      He guessed that they had gone home.

    • zhè ge cāi xiǎng shì zhèng què de

      这个猜想正确

      Tthis conjecture is correct.

    • cuò wù de cāi xiǎng

      错误猜想

      wrong conjecture

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".
  • "猜想" is often matched with measure word "个"or"种".
    • 猜想

      one guess

    • 猜想

      one kind of guess