HSK 6 · Society

嫌疑 xiányí “suspicion” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嫌疑 means

  1. suspicion
  2. to be suspected of
  3. to have suspicions

How to say 嫌疑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale嫌xián2nd 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

嫌疑 in a sentence

  1. 两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。

    Liǎng ge zhēntàn gēnzhe xiányírén.

    Two detectives followed the suspect.

    Sentence #334839 from Tatoeba

  2. 那嫌疑犯对侦察官撒了个谎。

    Nà xiányífàn duì zhēncháguān sā le ge huǎng.

    The suspect lied to the investigator.

    Sentence #1223757 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 嫌疑 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 嫌 (xián) with each of its parts in a different colour
嫌xiánto dislike
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 兼both · jiānSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 兼 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xián.

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 嫌疑

嫌 13 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.

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

Words related to 嫌疑

Words with 嫌

嫌xián · to dislike

Words with 疑

怀疑huáiyí · to doubt疑问yíwèn · question迟疑chíyí · to hesitate疑惑yíhuò · doubt

More words: Society & Law

诬陷wūxiàn · to frame武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution陷害xiànhài · to frame消防xiāofáng · firefighting协会xiéhuì · association袭击xíjī · to attack刑事xíngshì · criminal (law)

FAQs

嫌疑 (xiányí) means “suspicion” or “to be suspected of”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiányí: xián 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.
Yes. 嫌疑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嫌疑 from the suggestions. Typing xianyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嫌疑 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.