HSK 6 · Verbs

推测 tuīcè “to speculate” in Chinese

Traditional 推測

What 推测 means

  1. to speculate
  2. to infer
  3. guess
  4. speculation
  5. to conjecture
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to surmise

How to say 推测

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale测cè4th tone, falling

推测 in a sentence

  1. 我在推测他可能赢得比赛。

    Wǒ zài tuīcè tā kěnéng yíngdé bǐsài.

    I’m guessing he might win the match.

    Sentence #1397066 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 推测 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

The character 测 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
测cèto survey
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 则rule · zéSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 则 (zé) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.

How to write 推测

推 11 strokes · 测 9 strokes

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

Words related to 推测

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

Words with 测

测验cèyàn · test测量cèliáng · to measure探测tàncè · to detect

More words: Thinking & Talking

挑拨tiǎobō · to stir up trouble提示tíshì · to prompt提议tíyì · to propose透露tòulù · to reveal吞吞吐吐tūntūntǔtǔ · to hum and haw妥协tuǒxié · to compromise歪曲wāiqū · to distort妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking

FAQs

推测 (tuīcè) means “to speculate” or “to infer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuīcè: tuī with a 1st tone, then cè with a 4th 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, 推测 is written 推測. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuice with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推测 from the suggestions. Typing tuice into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推测 is an HSK 6 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.