# 猜謎
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cāimèi, cāimí
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋ, ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caai$^1$ mai$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-bê / chhai-bî / chhai-bī
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāimèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: caimèi
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^1$-mei$^4$
*** Yale: tsāi-mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimey
*** Palladius: цаймэй (cajmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāimèir
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: caimèir
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^1$-mei$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tsāi-mèir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimell
*** Palladius: цаймэйр (cajmɛjr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ məɻ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāimí
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: caimí
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^1$-mi$^2$
*** Yale: tsāi-mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimi
*** Palladius: цайми (cajmi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^1$ mai$^4$
*** Yale: chāai màih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^1$ mai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^1$ mei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bê
*** Tâi-lô: tshai-bê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bee
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ be²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³ be²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² be²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² be¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ be²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bî
*** Tâi-lô: tshai-bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bii
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bī
*** Tâi-lô: tshai-bī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bi
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/

### Verb

猜⫽謎 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (literal) to guess a riddle
* (literal) to answer a quiz
    猜謎節目／猜谜节目 ― cāimí jiémù ― quiz show
* (figurative) to guess; to work out

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 猜謎語, 猜謎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 猜謎語 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 猜謎兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 猜謎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 猜謎兒謎兒, 破謎兒謎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 猜謎兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 猜謎謎子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 猜謎語 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 猜謎語, 打財馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 猜謎謎, 打謎謎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 猜謎子, 猜謎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 猜謎謎子, 猜謎謎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 估謎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 猜謎子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 估謎仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 揣令仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 揣令仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揣令仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 揣令仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 揣令 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 揣令仔, 冒令, 揣令 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 臆謎猜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 猜謎語 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 估對仔, 對對仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 準字謎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 猜燈猜, 猜燈謎, 臆猜, 臆謎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 猜燈猜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 猜燈猜, 猜燈謎, 臆猜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 猜謎謎子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 猜謎謎子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 猜謎謎 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 猜謎兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 猜謎子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 猜語兒, 猜謎兒 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 猜謎子, 估謎子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 猜謎子 |