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嫌疑人

xián yí rén

3-character word

What 嫌疑人 means

1. a suspect

The characters in 嫌疑人

• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 警方逮捕了嫌疑人。
  Jǐngfāng dàibǔ le xiányírén.
  The police arrested the suspect.
• 两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。
  Liǎng gè zhēntàn gēnzhe xiányírén.
  Two detectives followed the suspect.
• 嫌疑人是一位白人女性。
  Xiányírén shì yī wèi báirén nǚxìng.
  The suspect is a caucasian female.
• 这前所未闻, 犯罪嫌疑人的律师竟然是真正的罪魁祸首。
  Zhè qiánsuǒwèiwén, fànzuì xiányírén de lǜshī jìngrán shì zhēnzhèng de zuìkuíhuòshǒu.
  It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
• 嫌疑人对谋杀案细节显然知情一事，在本案中不得作为不利于他的证据，因为这是调查人员以诱导性提问所套出的。
  The suspect's apparent knowledge of details of the murder can't be used against him in this case since it was elicited by a leading question from the investigator.