to guess; to conjecture; to suppose · (math.) hypothesis

cāi xiǎng

c+āi·1st tonex+iǎng·3rd tone

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I suppose you're hungry.

我猜想你饿了。

You could be right, I suppose.

我猜想你可能是对的。

I suppose you're hungry.

我猜想您饿了。

I gather that they'll agree with us.

我猜想他们会同意我们的。

There are many guesses about how language began, but the fact is that no one really knows.

人们对语言的起源作出过許多猜想，但是真实的情況其实根本没有人知道。

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