猜謎

Chinese

		to guess	riddle
trad. (猜謎)		猜	謎
simp. (猜谜)		猜	谜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāimí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ mai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-bê / chhai-bî / chhai-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāimí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caimí
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mi²
    • Yale: tsāi-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimi
    • Palladius: цайми (cajmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāimír
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caimír
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mi²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsāi-mír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimiel
    • Palladius: цаймир (cajmir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ miə̯ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ mai⁴
    • Yale: chāai màih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ mai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ mei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bê
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-bê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ be²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³ be²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² be²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² be¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ be²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bî
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bii
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'bi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/

Verb

猜謎

1. to guess a riddle
2. to guess

Synonyms

• (to guess a riddle): (Hakka) 揣令仔; (Min Nan) 猜燈猜／猜灯猜, 約猜／约猜, 猜燈謎／猜灯谜 (cāidēngmí), 約謎／约谜