SUSPECT  嫌疑

BELIEVE that a PERSON OR ACTION PROBABLY is BAD, LACKING APPROPRIATE PROOF.
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Hypernym
  • BELIEVEATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE.
    • ATTITUDERELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard current word for suspicion of any kind is yí 疑.

2. Huò 惑 is sometimes used to refer to confusion coupled with suspicion regarding a certain matter.

Modern Chinese Criteria
嫌疑

嫌

疑心

疑念

疑竇

信不過 refers to non-demonstrative insufficient trust or distrust.

瓜田李下

啟人疑竇

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 636

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 17.44

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    SUSPICIO

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.595

    VERDACHT

  • Theophrast, Charaktere ( THEOPHRASTUS 1960) p. no. 18

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.363:244

    MEFIANCE.DEFIANCE

Words

疑  yí OC: ŋɡɯ MC: ŋɨ 30 AttributionsWD

The standard current word for suspicion of any kind is yí 疑.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 信/TRUST The current word for having faith in someone is xìn 信 (ant. yí 疑 "be suspicious of"), and this word belongs to the high discourse of politics and ethics.
  • Ant: 信/TRUST The current word for having faith in someone is xìn 信 (ant. yí 疑 "be suspicious of"), and this word belongs to the high discourse of politics and ethics.
  • Assoc: 狐/DOUBT

    Syntactic words
  • nabmentalsuspicion; distrust
  • v[adN]what/who is suspiciousLZ
  • viinchoativeturn suspiciousDS
  • vtoNbe suspicious of; distrust; hold in suspicion
  • vtoNcausativecause to be suspicious
  • vtoNPab{S}suspect thatDS
  • vtoNpassivebe held in suspicion; be distrusted; incur suspicion 見疑
  • vtoSsuspect that S
  • vttoN1.+N2suspect N1 of being an N2CH
惑  huò OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ MC: ɦək 1 AttributionWD

Huò 惑 is sometimes used to refer to confusion coupled with suspicion regarding a certain matter.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNbe suspicious about
意  yì OC: qɯɡs MC: ʔɨ 1 AttributionWD

Yì 意 (ant. bì 必 "be certain about a matter") is to surmise as a matter of subjective and therefore doubtful judgment.

    Syntactic words
  • nabpsychsuspicion
  • vtoNbe suspicious of
生心  shēng xīn OC: sraaŋ slɯm MC: ʂɣaŋ sim 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPichangebecome suspicious
見疑  jiàn yí MC: kenH ngi OC: keens ŋɡɯCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vt prep Nbe held in suspicion by; incur the suspicion ofCH

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