揣摩

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuǎimó

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎimó → chuǎimo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˇ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄔㄨㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎimo̊
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuai³-mo⁵
  - Yale: chwǎi-mwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choai.mo
  - Palladius: чуаймо (čuajmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴ mu̯ɔ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun² mo¹
  - Yale: chyún mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn² mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun² mo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

揣摩

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

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揣摩):

→ Japanese: 揣摩(しま) (shima)

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