猜謎

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāimèi, cāimí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋ, 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: cāimèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋ
    • 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: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˋㄦ
    • 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: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ
    • 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/
• 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 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literal) to guess a riddle
2. (literal) to answer a quiz

   猜謎節目／猜谜节目  ―  cāimí jiémù  ―  quiz show

3. (figurative) to guess; to work out

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 猜謎 (“to guess a riddle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		猜謎語, 猜謎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	猜謎語
	Harbin	猜謎兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	猜謎兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	猜謎兒謎兒, 破謎兒謎兒
	Xining	猜謎兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	猜謎謎子
	Ürümqi	猜謎語
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	猜謎語, 打財馬兒
	Guiyang	猜謎謎, 打謎謎
	Liuzhou	猜謎子, 猜謎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	猜謎謎子, 猜謎謎
Cantonese	Dongguan	估謎
Gan	Nanchang	猜謎子
	Pingxiang	估謎仔
Hakka	Meixian	揣令仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揣令仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揣令仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揣令仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揣令
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揣令仔, 冒令, 揣令
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	臆謎猜
Jin	Taiyuan	猜謎語
Northern Min	Jian'ou	估對仔, 對對仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	準字謎
Southern Min	Xiamen	猜燈猜, 猜燈謎, 臆猜, 臆謎
	Quanzhou	猜燈猜
	Zhangzhou	猜燈猜, 猜燈謎, 臆猜
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	猜謎謎子
	Suzhou	猜謎謎子
	Danyang	猜謎謎
	Hangzhou	猜謎兒
	Ningbo	猜謎子
	Jinhua	猜語兒, 猜謎兒 dated
Xiang	Changsha	猜謎子, 估謎子
	Loudi	猜謎子