Meaning
to guess
Chinese: 猜测。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “cai” becomes a different word in each tone. 猜 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 猜测cāi cèto guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- 猜想cāi xiǎngto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- 猜谜cāi míto answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
- 猜中cāi zhòngto guess correctly; to figure out the right answer
- 猜着cāi zháoto guess correctly
Example Sentence
你猜一猜，盒子里装的是什么？Nǐ cāi yi cāi, hé zi lǐ zhuāng de shì shén me?Guess what is in the box.
你Nǐyou猜cāito guess一yione猜cāito guess，盒子hé zibox里lǐinside装zhuāngadornment的deof是shìis什么shén mewhat？