揣 (chuāi): to put into (one's pockets, clothes), to estimate
揣 (chuāi) is a Chinese character meaning “to put into (one's pockets, clothes).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 耑 (phonetic). It ranks #2763 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 揣 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to put into (one's pockets, clothes)
- to estimate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揣测verb | chuǎi cè | to guess |
| 揣摩verb | chuǎi mó | to analyze |
| 揣度verb | chuǎi duó | to estimate |
| 揣在怀里 | chuāi zài huái lǐ | to tuck into one's bosom |
| 揣着明白装糊涂 | chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu | to pretend to not know |
| 揣想 | chuǎi xiǎng | to conjecture |
| 不揣冒昧phrase | bù chuǎi mào mèi | to venture to |
| 挣揣verb | zhèng chuài | see 掙扎|挣扎 |
| 悬揣 | xuán chuǎi | to speculate |
| 囊揣adjective | nāng chuài | variant of 囊膪 |
揣 appears in 10 compound words: 60 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 揣 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
请揣出你的证件，配合我们的工作。
qǐng chuāi chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our work.
他们来自不同的赛道，怀揣各不相同的理想，却同样闪闪发光。
tā men lái zì bù tóng de sài dào , huái chuāi gè bù xiāng tóng de lǐ xiǎng , què tóng yàng shǎn shǎn fā guāng .
They come from different fields and harbor different aspirations, yet they all shine just as brightly.
无论是只有几句台词的配角，还是重头戏的主角，没有一个人不在抓紧时间顺词、揣摩细节。
wú lùn shì zhī yǒu jī jù tái cí de pèi jiǎo , hái shì chóng tóu xì de zhǔ jiǎo , méi yǒu yī gè rén bù zài zhuā jǐn shí jiān shùn cí , chuāi mó xì jié .
Whether they’re supporting actors with just a few lines or leading actors in the main scenes, everyone is making the most of their time to rehearse their lines and refine the details.
...人骚男星陈尸布吉排水沟 生前酒店外狂奔惹揣测(有片)
. . . rén sāo nán xīng chén shī bù jí pái shuǐ gōu shēng qián jiǔ diàn wài kuáng bēn rě chuāi cè ( yǒu piàn )
...Body of Outrageous Male Celebrity Found in a Drain in Bukit; His Frantic Dash Outside a Hotel Before His Death Sparks Speculation (Video)
...短剧《危城兄弟》3月开镜!陈峻廷为戏蓄发揣摩大哥
. . . duǎn jù wēi chéng xiōng dì 3 yuè kāi jìng ! chén jùn tíng wéi xì xù fā chuāi mó dà gē
... The short drama "Brothers in Dangerous City" will start filming in March! Chen Junting is trying to figure out Big Brother for the play
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced chuāi
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