懷疑

See also: 懐疑 and 怀疑

Chinese

		to think of; to cherish; mind to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (懷疑)		懷	疑
simp. (怀疑)		怀	疑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáiyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ ji⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fài-ngì

  (Hailu, HRS): fai ngi

• Jin (Wiktionary): huai¹ i¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huei² gi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi-gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huai⁵ ghi⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wa-gni
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fai² nyi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáiyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáiyí
    • Wade–Giles: huai²-i²
    • Yale: hwái-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaiyi
    • Palladius: хуайи (xuaji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: wàaih yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fài-ngì
    • Hakka Romanization System: fai^ˇ ngi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fai² ngi²
    • Sinological IPA: /fai̯¹¹ ŋi¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fai ngi
    • Sinological IPA: /fai⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: huai¹ i¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuai¹¹ i¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei² gi² [Phonetic: huei⁵ gi²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huái-gí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei¹³⁻¹¹ ki¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei² gi² [Phonetic: huei⁵ gi²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei²⁴⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi-gî
    • Tâi-lô: huâi-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoai'gii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² ɡi¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huai⁵ ghi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâi gî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wa-gni
    • MiniDict: wa^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhua-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦua²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fai² nyi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸai̯¹³ n̠ʲi¹³/

Verb

懷疑

1. to doubt; to suspect

   警方懷疑那名證人的說辭 [MSC, trad.]
   警方怀疑那名证人的说辞 [MSC, simp.]

   jǐngfāng huáiyí nà míng zhèngrén de shuōcí [Pinyin]

   The police department doubts the witness' statement.

   我懷疑他是一名詐騙犯 [MSC, trad.]
   我怀疑他是一名诈骗犯 [MSC, simp.]

   wǒ huáiyí tā shì yīmíng zhàpiàn fàn [Pinyin]

   I suspect that he is a scammer.

2. to speculate; to surmise

Synonyms

• (to doubt):

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• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 心存疑惑 (xīncún yíhuò)
• 思疑 (sīyí) (literary)
• 惑疑 (hueh⁴ i¹) (Jin)
• 憢疑 / 𢙒疑 (Hokkien)
• 狐疑 (húyí)
• 猜疑 (cāiyí)
• 疑乎 (nyi² fu²) (Sichuanese)
• 疑心 (yíxīn)
• 疑惑 (yíhuò)
• 疑騃 / 疑𫘤 (Hokkien)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)

• (to speculate):

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• 估摸 (gūmo) (colloquial)
• 估測 / 估测 (gūcè)
• 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
• 估量
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
• 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
• 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
• 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
• 想像 (xiǎngxiàng)
• 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
• 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
• 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
• 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揣度 (formal)
• 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
• 母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
• 派胚 (Hokkien)
• 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
• 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
• 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 猜度 (cāiduó)
• 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
• 猜摸 (cāimo)
• 猜料 (cāiliào)
• 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
• 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
• 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
• 要約 / 要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
• 設 / 设 (shè)
• 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)
• 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to doubt”): 憑信／凭信 (píngxìn), 相信 (xiāngxìn), 信 (xìn), 信任 (xìnrèn)

Derived terms

• 合理懷疑 / 合理怀疑 (hélǐ huáiyí)

Related terms

• 疑似 (yísì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懷	疑
かい Jinmeiyō	ぎ Grade: 6
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 懷疑 – see the following entry.

【懐疑かいぎ】 [noun] doubts; disbelief [verb] doubt, have doubts

(This term, 懷疑, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
懷	疑

Noun

懷疑 • (hoe'ui) (hangeul 회의)

1. hanja form^? of 회의 (“doubt; skepticism; suspicion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
懷	疑

Noun

懷疑

1. chữ Hán form of hoài nghi (“doubt”)

Verb

懷疑

1. chữ Hán form of hoài nghi (“to doubt; to disbelieve”)