# 猜

| 猜 | U+731C, &#29468; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-731C |
| ← 猛 [U+731B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 猝 → [U+731D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

猜 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹手一月 (KHQMB), four-corner 4522$_7$, composition ⿰犭青)

#### Derived characters

* 𫫜, 𢴘, 𦹤, 𧜹

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 714, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20499
* Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1351, character 7
* Unihan data for U+731C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 猜
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 猜 | *sʰlɯː |
| 輤 | *sʰleːns |
| 綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
| 倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
| 棈 | *sʰleːns |
| 蒨 | *sʰeːns |
| 篟 | *sʰeːns |
| 生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
| 牲 | *sreŋ |
| 笙 | *sreŋ |
| 甥 | *sreŋ |
| 鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
| 珄 | *sreŋ |
| 鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
| 猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
| 狌 | *sreŋ |
| 眚 | *sreŋʔ |
| 貹 | *sreŋs |
| 崝 | *zreːŋ |
| 精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
| 菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
| 睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
| 箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 清 | *sʰleŋ |
| 圊 | *sʰleŋ |
| 請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 凊 | *sʰleŋs |
| 䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 靚 | *zleŋs |
| 情 | *zleŋ |
| 晴 | *zleŋ |
| 夝 | *zleŋ |
| 靜 | *zleŋʔ |
| 靖 | *zleŋʔ |
| 睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
| 性 | *sleŋs |
| 姓 | *sleŋs |
| 靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
| 鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 青 | *sʰleːŋ |
| 靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
| 掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
| 胜 | *sleːŋ |
| 曐 | *sleːŋ |
| 星 | *sleːŋ |
| 鮏 | *sleːŋ |
| 腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
| 鯹 | *seːŋ |
| 醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 篂 | *seːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰlɯː): semantic 犭 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cāi (cai$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цэ (ce, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cai$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhâi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cai$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cai$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cǎi
* Eastern Min (BUC): chăi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshoe; $^1$tshe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cai
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^1$
*** Yale: tsāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsai
*** Palladius: цай (caj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cai$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цэ (ce, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^1$
*** Yale: chāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâi
*** Hakka Romanization System: cai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰai¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǎi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sai²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chăi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai
*** Tâi-lô: tshai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhay
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshai
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tshoe; $^1$tshe
*** MiniDict: tshoe$^平$; tshe$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tshoe; $^1$tshe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰø⁵³/, /t͡sʰe⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshoj
Rime :
| Character | 猜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 倉才切 |
| Baxter | tshoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰəj/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cāi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | coi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlɯː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 猜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11305 |
| Phonetic component | 生 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猜 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlɯː/ |

#### Definitions

猜
* to guess; to suppose; to conjecture
    猜錯／猜错 ― cāi cuò ― to guess wrong
* to suspect; to have a suspicion; to doubt
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) suspicion; jealousy
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to envy; to hate; to resent
* to play (a hand game)
       bat$^1$ jyu$^4$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ caai$^1$ baau$^1$ zin$^2$ dap$^6$, caai$^1$ syu$^1$ go$^2$ go$^3$ jap$^6$ heoi$^3$ sin$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Why don't we play rock paper scissors? The one who loses will go in first.
** 2003, 高拜石, 《新編·古春風樓瑣記》, volume 18, Xindian: 正中書局, →ISBN, page 93:
       Guǒrán yǒu yī tiān, ān wài lái le jǐge luóbotóu, Wáng Jié chuānzhe yī, yíngle chūlái, jīligūlū shuōzhe Rìběnhuà, Rìbīng jiàndào zhè jīngtōng Rìyǔ de qiào nígū, ruǎnle bànjié, tā què zhāodài tāmen rù ān zuòxià, kāichū shènhǎo gāoliáng de píjiǔ, yīnqín fèngjìng, zìjǐ zhēnle yī bēi chá, hé luóbotóumen cāi Rìběn quán. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

* (to guess):
* 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
* 估量
* 假定 (jiǎdìng)
* 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
* 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
* 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
* 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
* 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
* 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
* 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
* 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
* 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
* 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
* 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
* 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 揣度 (formal)
* 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
* 母量 (mu$^3$ liong) (Gan)
* 派胚 (Hokkien)
* 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
* 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
* 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
* 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
* 猜度 (cāiduó)
* 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
* 猜摸 (cāimo)
* 猜料 (cāiliào)
* 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
* 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
* 算 (suàn)
* 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
* 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
* 臭疑 (Hokkien)
* 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
* 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
* 要約 / 要约 (iau$^3$ ieh$^4$) (Jin)
* 設 / 设 (shè)
* 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
* 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 青疑 (Hokkien)
* 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 猜, 猜測, 猜想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 猜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 猜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 猜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 猜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 猜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 猜, 揣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 猜, 諳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 猜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 猜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 猜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 猜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 估, 猜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 估 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 估 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 估 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 估 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 估 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 猜, 批 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 估 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 估 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 猜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 揣, 猜, 估 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 揣 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 揣 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 揣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 揣 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 臆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 估 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 猜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 估 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 準, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 臆, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 臆, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 猜, 臆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 猜, 臆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 猜, 臆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 猜, 阿甲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 臆, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 臆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 臆, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 臆, 猜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 猜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 猜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 猜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 猜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 猜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 估, 猜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 估 |
* (to suspect):
* 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
* 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
* 意想 (yìxiǎng)
* 意料 (yìliào)
* 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
* 揣測 / 揣测 (chuǎicè)
* 料定 (liàodìng)
* 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
* 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
* 端倪 (duānní) (literary)
* 諒心 / 谅心 (lian$^5$ sin) (Xiang)
* 諒想 / 谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
* 逆料 (nìliào)
* 預判 / 预判 (yùpàn)
* 預卜 / 预卜 (yùbǔ)
* 預報 / 预报 (yùbào)
* 預感 / 预感 (yùgǎn)
* 預想 / 预想 (yùxiǎng)
* 預料 / 预料 (yùliào)
* 預斷 / 预断 (yùduàn)
* 預測 / 预测 (yùcè)
* 預示 / 预示 (yùshì)
* 預見 / 预见 (yùjiàn)
* 預言 / 预言 (yùyán)

#### Compounds

* 三智五猜
* 兩小無猜 / 两小无猜 (liǎngxiǎowúcāi)
* 兩無猜疑 / 两无猜疑
* 左猜
* 慮猜 / 虑猜
* 混猜
* 無猜 / 无猜 (wúcāi)
* 猜三划五
* 猜不透
* 猜中 (cāizhòng)
* 猜啞謎 / 猜哑谜
* 猜嫌 (cāixián)
* 猜度 (cāiduó)
* 猜忍
* 猜忌 (cāijì)
* 猜忖
* 猜思
* 猜悶兒 / 猜闷儿
* 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
* 猜懼 / 猜惧
* 猜拳 (cāiquán)
* 猜摸 (cāimo)
* 猜斷 / 猜断
* 猜枚 (cāiméi)
* 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
* 猜燈 / 猜灯
* 猜疑 (cāiyí)
* 猜破
* 猜著 / 猜着
* 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
* 猜調 / 猜调
* 猜謎 / 猜谜
* 猜謎兒 / 猜谜儿
* 猜貳 / 猜贰
* 猜透
* 猜題 / 猜题
* 疑猜
* 瞎猜 (xiācāi)
* 胡猜

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ioh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ioh
*** Tâi-lô: ioh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioiq
*** IPA (Taipei): /ioʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤʔ³²/

#### Definitions

猜
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 臆 (ioh, “to guess”)
    From: 1994, 詹雅雯, 淚酒
    lí ê chêng ū ná bô, sī chin sī ké hō͘ gún ioh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Your love exists like it's not there, making me guess whether it's real or not
    From: 2020, 朱德寶 (Vick Chu), 情人啊情人
    ioh bōe thàu lí ê sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    I can't guess all of your heart through

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さい (sai)
* Kun: ねたむ (netamu)

#### Compounds

* 猜疑(さいぎ) (saigi)
* 猜疑心(さいぎしん) (saigishin)

## Korean
### Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 싀 (suy) (Yale: suy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
The original reading is 채 (chae) based on Middle Chinese 猜 (MC tshoj).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄎᆡᆼ (Yale: choy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɕʰi]
* Phonetic hangul: [시]

### Hanja

Wikisource 猜 (eumhun 시기할 시 (sigihal si))
* hanja form of 시 (“jealousy”)

#### Compounds

* 시기 (猜忌, sigi)
* 시투 (猜妬, situ)
* 시혐 (猜嫌, sihyeom)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

猜: Hán Nôm readings: sai, xai
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.