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Mandarin · pinyin cāi

to guess

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猜: cāi · guess, conjecture, suppose; feel

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character · Etymology 1

to guess; to suppose; to conjecture
to suspect; to have a suspicion; to doubt
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) suspicion; jealousy
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to envy; to hate; to resent
to play (a hand game)

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) alternative form of 臆 (ioh, “to guess”)

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