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猜想

cāi xiǎng · cai xiang

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to guess; to conjecture; to suppose
  2. (math.) hypothesis
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Guessing the neighbours

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)猜想(cāixiǎng)隔壁(gébì)今天(jīntiān)有(yǒu)客人(kèrén)。

    I guess the neighbors have guests today.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)这样(zhèyàng)猜想(cāixiǎng)？

    Why do you guess that?

  3. Dengdeng

    门口(ménkǒu)有(yǒu)很多(hěnduō)鞋(xié)。

    There are lots of shoes at the door.

  4. Liangliang

    有道理(yǒudàoli)。我(wǒ)还(hái)猜想(cāixiǎng)他们(tāmen)在(zài)包饺子(bāojiǎozi)。

    Makes sense. I guess they're making dumplings.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)闻到(wéndào)了(le)，是(shì)韭菜(jiǔcài)的(de)味道(wèidao)！

    I can smell it. It's chives!

  6. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)的(de)猜想(cāixiǎng)都(dōu)对(duì)，快(kuài)进来(jìnlái)吃(chī)饺子(jiǎozi)！

    Both your guesses are right. Come in and eat dumplings!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)猜(cāi)想(xiǎng)你(nǐ)可(kě)能(néng)是(shì)对(duì)的(de)。

You could be right, I suppose.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)一(yì)结(jié)果(guǒ)证(zhèng)实(shí)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)猜(cāi)想(xiǎng)。

The result confirmed my hypothesis.

Tatoeba: Chinese by biglion · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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