HSK 4 · Verbs

怀疑 huáiyí “to doubt” in Chinese

Traditional 懷疑

What 怀疑 means

  1. to doubt
  2. to suspect
  3. to be sceptical of
  4. to doubt (sth)
  5. to have one’s doubts
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to harbour suspicions
  • to suspect that

How to say 怀疑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale怀huái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疑yí2nd tone, rising

怀疑 in a sentence

  1. 我的怀疑没有根据。

    Wǒ de huáiyí méiyǒu gēnjù.

    My suspicions had no basis.

    Sentence #8534770 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们怀疑他在说谎。

    Wǒmen huáiyí tā zài shuōhuǎng.

    We suspect him of telling a lie.

    Sentence #1913024 from Tatoeba

  3. 我怀疑他是否会来。

    Wǒ huáiyí tā shìfǒu huì lái.

    I doubt whether he’ll come.

    Sentence #334297 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 怀疑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 怀 (huái) with each of its parts in a different colour
怀huáibosom
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huái.

The character 疑 (yí) drawn as one shape
疑yíto doubt; to suspect

疑 is a single shape of 14 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 怀疑

怀 7 strokes · 疑 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

怀疑 (huáiyí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 怀疑 (huáiyí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 怀疑

Words with 怀

怀孕huáiyùn · to be pregnant怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of关怀guānhuái · to care for胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind

Words with 疑

疑问yíwèn · question迟疑chíyí · to hesitate疑惑yíhuò · doubt嫌疑xiányí · suspicion

More words: Thinking & Talking

反对fǎnduì · to oppose敢gǎn · to dare感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks回忆huíyì · to recall建议jiànyì · to propose计划jìhuà · plan交流jiāoliú · to exchange

FAQs

怀疑 (huáiyí) means “to doubt” or “to suspect”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it huáiyí: huái with a 2nd tone, then yí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 怀疑 is written 懷疑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huaiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 怀疑 from the suggestions. Typing huaiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
怀疑 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.