# 推测 (tuīcè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 推测 (tuīcè) means “to speculate; guess”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to speculate; guess
- Pinyin: tuīcè (tui1 ce4)
- Traditional: 推測
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 根据这些线索，警察推测他已经离开了。
  Gēnjù zhèxiē xiànsuǒ, jǐngchá tuīcè tā yǐjīng líkāi le.
  Based on these clues, police speculate that he has already left.

## Characters

- [推](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-push/) (tuī): to push; to decline
- [测](https://hanziro.com/word/ce-measure/) (cè): to measure; to test

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-ce-speculate/

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