The Chinese word **多疑 (duōyí)**, meaning "suspicious" or "paranoid," is a compound formed through a straightforward descriptive or attributive structure common in Mandarin. It combines the character **多 (duō)**, meaning "many" or "excessive," with the character **疑 (yí)**, meaning "doubt" or "suspicion." In this formation, **多** acts as an adverbial modifier describing the extent or degree of the core concept expressed by **疑**; thus, the literal and functional meaning is "having many/excessive doubts." This pattern of using a quantity or degree word to modify a state or trait is a standard and productive method for creating adjectives in Chinese, similar to constructs like 多虑 (duōlǜ, "overthink").