ESTIMATE 推測
TRY to ASSESS, BELIEVING that one's ASSESSMENTS are PROBABLY ONLY NEARLY:approximately TRUE.TRY to ASSESS SOMETHING ONE BELIEVES IS DOUBTFUL IN DETAIL.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Cè 測 can be a well-founded assessment in some contexts, but the word has a well-established lexicalised function where it means generally "to guess".
3. Yì 意 is the subjective and arbitrary formation of an opinion, and the word has a somewhat "philosophical" flavour.
4. Shè 射 is guessing as part of a game of guessing and cannot be used for "to guess" in any other contexts.
5. Cǔn 忖 is a poetic word for assessing or estimating something that is not verifiable.
6. Duó 度 refers to a subjective assessment or estimation of something.
7. Kuí 揆 emphasises the conjectural element in guessing or estimating something.
8. Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.
Modern Chinese Criteria
揣測
忖度
揣度
推度
測度
推想
想來
推見
推求
推斷
推論
裁度
度
想
揆
貲
貲計
揆度
揆情度理
以己度人
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Words
意 yì OC: qɯɡs MC: ʔɨ
憶 yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 7 Attributions
Yì 意 is the subjective and arbitrary formation of an opinion, and the word has a somewhat "philosophical" flavour.
- Syntactic words
- nabactguesswork, guessing; subjective opinion
- viactmake an estimate; make guesses about things
- vt(oN)make guesses without proper foundation about something contextually determinate
- vtoNimagine wildly, guess, jump to arbitrary conclusions about
揣 chuǎi OC: sthrolʔ MC: ʈʂhiɛ 6 Attributions
The general word for making an approximate extimate or guess is chuǎi 揣.
- Syntactic words
- nabactestimating correctly
- vtoNassess approximately (the height of something), estimate with reasonable success
- vtoNguessguess at (the future, or somebody's thoughts)
度 duó OC: ɡ-laaɡ MC: dɑk 5 Attributions
Duó 度 refers to a subjective assessment or estimation of something. xxx
- Syntactic words
- vtoNto estimate; assess objectively the extent of
- vtoNpassivebe estimated, predictedLZ
揆 kuí OC: ɡʷilʔ MC: gi 5 Attributions
Kuí 揆 emphasises the conjectural element in guessing or estimating something.
- Syntactic words
- nthe making of political assessments
- viactmake assessments
- vtoNconjecture, assess by conjecture
億 yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- viactguess
- vtoNpassivepredict by guessing
虞 yú OC: ŋʷa MC: ŋi̯o 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt[oN]estimate and assess the situation
- vtoNpredict, estimate
中 zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 2 Attributions
Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.
- Syntactic words
- viactguess right, estimate right
- vtoNpredict correctly
準 zhǔn OC: kljunʔ MC: tɕʷin 2 Attributions
Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNpassivebe guessed at precisely
- vtoNperfectivepredict precisely, guess precisely HN 准上意 "guess the ruler's thoughts"
射 shè OC: ɢljaɡs MC: ʑɣɛ 1 Attribution
Shè 射 is guessing as part of a game of guessing and cannot be used for "to guess" in any other contexts.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNHS 65.4 guess at
逆 nì OC: ŋɡlaɡ MC: ŋɣɛk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbe able to anticipate and know beforehand
推 tuī MC: thwoj OC: kh-luulLZ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNinfer, estimate NLZ
忖 cǔn OC: tshuunʔ MC: tshuo̝n 0 Attributions
Cǔn 忖 is a poetic word for assessing or estimating something that is not verifiable.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNto estimate (the size of something, then by extension: someone else's thoughts)
測 cè OC: skhrɯɡ MC: ʈʂhɨk 0 Attributions
Cè 測can be a well-founded assessment in some contexts, but the word has a well-established lexicalised function where it means generally "to guess".
- Syntactic words
- vtoNguess
忖度 cǔn duó OC: tshuunʔ ɡ-laaɡ MC: tshuo̝n dɑk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNguess at (other people's thoughts etc)
Existing SW for
Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: