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): /ʈ͡ʂʰwaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mwɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰwaɪ̯²¹⁴ mwɔ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun² mo¹
  - Yale: chyún mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn² mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun² mo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

揣摩

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

Synonyms

Synonyms of 揣摩

冥思 (míngsī)
冥想 (míngxiǎng)
品味 (pǐnwèi)
念 (niàn)
思 (sī) (literary, or in compounds)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
思索 (sīsuǒ)
思考 (sīkǎo)
思裁 (Sichuan)
思量 (sīliáng)
慎思 (shènsī)
掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
掂量 (diānliáng)
推敲 (tuīqiāo)
斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
沉思 (chénsī)
深思 (shēnsī)

玩味 (wánwèi)
玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese)
琢磨 (zuómo)
苦思 (kǔsī)
著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
尋思／寻思 (xúnsi)
思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
思維／思维 (sīwéi)
照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
算計／算计 (suànjì)
考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
計較／计较 (jìjiào)
設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揣摩):

→ Japanese: 揣摩(しま) (shima)

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