推測

See also: 推测

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture
trad. (推測)		推	測
simp. (推测)		推	测

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuīcè

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟㄘㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ cak¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûi-chhet / chhûi-chhet
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thui-chhiak / thui-chhek / thui-chhak / chhui-chhek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuīcè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟㄘㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tueicè
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-tsʻê⁴
  - Yale: twēi-tsè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueitseh
  - Palladius: туйцэ (tujcɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi¹ cak¹
  - Yale: tēui chāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ tsak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ ceg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûi-chhet / chhûi-chhet
  - Hakka Romanization System: tui^ˊ ced^ˋ / cui^ˊ ced^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tui¹ ced⁵ / cui¹ ced⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i²⁴ t͡sʰet̚²/, /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴ t͡sʰet̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chhiak
  - Tâi-lô: thui-tshiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuichiag
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: thui-tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuizheg
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chhak
  - Tâi-lô: thui-tshak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuizhag
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡sʰak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuizheg
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Verb

推測

to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose

Synonyms

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估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
估量
假定 (jiǎdìng)
假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
打估 (Southern Pinghua)
推想 (tuīxiǎng)
掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
揣度 (formal)
擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
派胚 (Hokkien)
測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
測估 / 测估 (cègū)
測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
猜 (cāi)
猜度 (cāiduó)
猜想 (cāixiǎng)
猜摸 (cāimo)
猜料 (cāiliào)
猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
算 (suàn)
算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
臭疑 (Hokkien)
臭青疑 (Hokkien)
虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
要約 / 要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
設 / 设 (shè)
設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
青疑 (Hokkien)
預計 / 预计 (yùjì)

Noun

推測

surmise; speculation; conjecture; supposition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
推	測
すい Grade: 6	そく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいそく [sùísókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨiso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

推(すい)測(そく) • (suisoku)

speculation, conjecture, guesswork

Verb

推(すい)測(そく)する • (suisoku suru) transitive suru (stem 推(すい)測(そく)し (suisoku shi), past 推(すい)測(そく)した (suisoku shita))

speculate, guess, surmise
女性(じょせい)の年齢(ねんれい)を推測(すいそく)する
josei no nenrei o suisoku suru
guess a woman's age

Conjugation

Conjugation of "推測する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	推測し	すいそくし	suisoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	推測し	すいそくし	suisoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	推測する	すいそくする	suisoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	推測する	すいそくする	suisoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	推測すれ	すいそくすれ	suisoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	推測せよ¹ 推測しろ²	すいそくせよ¹ すいそくしろ²	suisoku seyo¹ suisoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	推測される	すいそくされる	suisoku sareru
Causative	推測させる推測さす	すいそくさせるすいそくさす	suisoku saseru suisoku sasu
Potential	推測できる	すいそくできる	suisoku dekiru
Volitional	推測しよう	すいそくしよう	suisoku shiyō
Negative	推測しない	すいそくしない	suisoku shinai
Negative continuative	推測せず	すいそくせず	suisoku sezu
Formal	推測します	すいそくします	suisoku shimasu
Perfective	推測した	すいそくした	suisoku shita
Conjunctive	推測して	すいそくして	suisoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	推測すれば	すいそくすれば	suisoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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