揣摩

Chinese

		estimate; guess; figure estimate; guess; figure; surmise; put into	rub
simp. and trad. (揣摩)		揣	摩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuǎimó

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄞˇ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun² mo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuǎimó → chuǎimo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˇ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄔㄨㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choai.mo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴ mu̯ɔ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun² mo¹
  - Yale: chyún mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn² mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun² mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

揣摩

to try to figure out; to rack one's brains

Synonyms

Synonyms of 揣摩

品味 (pǐnwèi)
尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
思索 (sīsuǒ)
思考 (sīkǎo)
思量 (sīliáng)
推敲 (tuīqiāo)

斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
玩味 (wánwèi)
玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese)
琢磨 (zuómo)
算計／算计 (suànjì)
考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
著想 (zhuóxiǎng)

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