猜
想

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The word "猜想" is formed by combining the character "猜", which means to guess or suspect, with the character "想", which means to think or ponder; this combination directly yields the meaning of conjecture or speculation.

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我猜想他现在很忙。

Wǒ cāixiǎng tā xiànzài hěn máng.

I guess he is very busy now.

科学家们猜想宇宙中还存在其他生命。

Kēxué jiāmen cāixiǎng yǔzhòu zhōng hái cúnzài qítā shēngmìng.

Scientists speculate that there is other life in the universe.

这只是我的个人猜想，并没有实际证据。

Zhè zhǐshì wǒ de gèrén cāixiǎng, bìng méiyǒu shíjì zhèngjù.

This is just my personal conjecture, without any actual evidence.

根据现有的线索，警方猜想嫌疑人可能已逃往外地。

Gēnjù xiàn yǒu de xiànsuǒ, jǐngfāng cāixiǎng xiányírén kěnéng yǐ táo wǎng wàidì.

Based on the existing clues, the police suspect that the perpetrator may have fled to another city.

那些关于古代文明的惊人猜想，不断激发着考古学家的探索热情。

Nàxiē guānyú gǔdài wénmíng de jīngrén cāixiǎng, bùduàn jīfāzhe kǎogǔ xuéjiā de tànsuǒ rèqíng.

Those astonishing conjectures about ancient civilizations continually fuel archaeologists' passion for exploration.

Word Definition - 猜想

cāi xiǎng to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis

Individual Character Details

猜 cāi
想 xiǎng