ESTIMATE    推測

TRY to ASSESS, BELIEVING that one's ASSESSMENTS are PROBABLY ONLY NEARLY:approximately TRUE.
CALCULATE ROUGHLYAPPROXIMATEGUESSEVALUATEJUDGEGAUGERECKONRATEDETERMINEINFORMAL GUESSTIMATEBALLPARK
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for making an approximate extimate or guess is chuǎi 揣. 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
推測 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 ／
See also
  • CALCULATEASSESS PRECISELY a QUANTITY USING NUMBERS.
Hypernym
  • ASSESS　THINK so as to TRY to OR ACHIEVE to FIX the VALUE OR SIZE of something. (anc: 13/0, child: 3)
  • THINK　ACT USING ONLY the MIND. (anc: 12/0, child: 12)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)

Words (14 items)

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
虞  yú OC: ŋʷa MC: ŋi̯o 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vt[oN]estimate and assess the situation
  • vtoNpredict, estimate
億  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactguess
  • vtoNpassivepredict by guessing
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"
逆  nì OC: ŋɡlaɡ MC: ŋɣɛk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNbe able to anticipate and know beforehand
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
推  tuī MC: thwoj OC: kh-luul 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)