猜謎

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāimèi, cāimí

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞㄇㄟˋ, ㄘㄞㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ mai⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-bê / chhai-bî / chhai-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāimèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caimèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mei⁴
  - Yale: tsāi-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimey
  - Palladius: цаймэй (cajmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāimèir
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞㄇㄟˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caimèir
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mei⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: tsāi-mèir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimell
  - Palladius: цаймэйр (cajmɛjr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ məɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāimí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caimí
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mi²
  - Yale: tsāi-mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimi
  - Palladius: цайми (cajmi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
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/
Min Nan
- (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 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(literal) to guess a riddle
(literal) to answer a quiz
猜謎節目／猜谜节目 ― cāimí jiémù ― quiz show
(figurative) to guess; to work out

Synonyms

(to guess a riddle): (Hakka) 揣令仔; (Min Bei) 估對仔／估对仔, 對對仔／对对仔; (Min Nan) 猜燈猜／猜灯猜, 約猜／约猜, 猜燈謎／猜灯谜, 約謎／约谜; (Xiang) 猜謎子／猜谜子

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