猜謎語

Chinese

		to guess	puzzle; riddle
trad. (猜謎語)		猜	謎語
simp. (猜谜语)		猜	谜语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cāimíyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ ㄩˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai¹ mi² yu³

• Jin (Wiktionary): cai¹ mi³ y²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāimíyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄇㄧˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caimíyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-mi²-yü³
    • Yale: tsāi-mí-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaimiyeu
    • Palladius: цаймиюй (cajmijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cai¹ mi² yu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caimiy
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵ mi²¹ y⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cai¹ mi³ y²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡sʰai¹¹ mi⁴⁵ y⁵³/

Verb

猜謎語

1. to guess a riddle

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		猜謎語, 猜謎
Mandarin	Taiwan	猜謎語
	Harbin	猜謎兒
	Jinan	猜謎兒
	Xi'an	猜謎兒謎兒, 破謎兒謎兒
	Yinchuan	猜謎謎子
	Xining	猜謎兒
	Ürümqi	猜謎語
	Chengdu	猜謎語, 打財馬兒
	Guiyang	猜謎謎, 打謎謎
	Liuzhou	猜謎子, 猜謎
	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