猜
谜

To answer a riddle in Chinese: 猜谜 (cāi mí)

cāi mí

to answer a riddle

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 猜謎1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to answer a riddle
  2. 2to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)

Stroke order

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猜
谜

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ㄘㄞ

cāi

ㄘ/ cㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄇㄧˊ

mí

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

猜谜

Simplified

猜謎

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 孩子们喜欢在节日里猜谜。

    hái zi men xǐ huan zài jié rì lǐ cāi mí。

    Children like to solve riddles during festivals.

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Related words

猜

cāi

to guess

谜

mí

riddle

谜语

mí yǔ

riddle

猜测

cāi cè

to guess

猜想

cāi xiǎng

to guess

谜底

mí dǐ

answer to a riddle

谜团

mí tuán

riddle

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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