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怀疑

huái yí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 懷疑

怀疑 (huái yí) means "to doubt (sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 怀疑 means

1. to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of
2. to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that

The characters in 怀疑

• 怀huáibosom; heart; mind
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect

Example sentences

• 他怀疑我说谎。
  He suspects me of telling a lie.
• 别怀疑他的话。
  Don't doubt his words.
• 我们非常怀疑。
  We're very skeptical.
• 我对此毫不怀疑。
  Wǒ duì cǐ háobùhuáiyí.
  I don't doubt it in the least.
• 怀疑会毁掉友情。
  Suspicion is destructive of friendship.
• 我怀疑他的故事。
  I doubt his story.

Words starting with 怀疑

• 怀疑派huái yí pàithe skeptics

Words containing 怀疑

• 心存怀疑xīn cún huái yíto be suspicious
• 毫不怀疑háo bù huái yíwithout the slightest doubt

Where 怀疑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognition & mental processes (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huái yí correctly.
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