Speculate in Chinese
to speculate · HSK 6
猜测
- 猜 to guess
- 测 to measure
我猜测他今天不会来了。 I guess he won't come today.
Other ways to say speculate
More words with 猜 or 测
How do you say speculate in Chinese?
Speculate in Chinese is 猜测 (cāi cè). You can also say 推测 (tuī cè), 炒 (chǎo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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