嫌疑

Chinese

		to dislike; to suspect	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (嫌疑)		嫌	疑
simp. ^#(嫌疑)		嫌	疑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiányí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ ji⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiâm-gî

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiam⁵ ghi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiányí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siányí
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-i²
  - Yale: syán-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanyi
  - Palladius: сяньи (sjanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    嫌疑
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ ji⁴
  - Yale: yìhm yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâm-gî
  - Tâi-lô: hiâm-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiamgii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiam²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam¹³⁻²² ɡi¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiam⁵ ghi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâm gî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡi⁵⁵/

Noun

嫌疑

suspicion (the state of being suspected)

Synonyms

嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
惑志 (huòzhì) (literary)
狐疑 (húyí)
疑心 (yíxīn)
疑惑 (yíhuò)
疑義 / 疑义 (yíyì)

Derived terms

嫌疑人 (xiányírén)
嫌疑犯 (xiányífàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫌	疑
けん Grade: S	ぎ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんぎ [kéꜜǹgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲɡʲi]

Noun

嫌(けん)疑(ぎ) • (kengi)

suspicion
Synonym: 容疑

References

“嫌疑”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
嫌	疑

Noun

嫌疑 • (hyeomui) (hangeul 혐의)

hanja form^? of 혐의 (“suspicion”)