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“doubt” in Chinese

Chinese

Also疑点 (yí diǎn) · 疑虑 (yí lǜ)

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuái yí

Example

我不怀疑你说的话。wǒ bù huái yí nǐ shuō de huà

I don't doubt what you say.

Illustration for 怀疑 (doubt)

How to say “doubt” in Chinese

“Doubt” in Chinese is 怀疑 (huái yí).

A mind keeps a question open instead of fully accepting a person, claim, or possibility.

Full entry for 怀疑: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with 怀疑

听到那个消息后,他开始怀疑报告的真实性。tīng dào nà ge xiāo xī hòu tā kāi shǐ huái yí bào gào de zhēn shí xìng

After hearing that news, he began to doubt the report's authenticity.

Tips for using 怀疑

  • In Chinese, the object after this verb can be a person as well as a statement, so the sentence may question someone's reliability rather than only the truth of an idea.

Other Chinese words for “doubt”

我对这个结论有疑点。wǒ duì zhè ge jié lùn yǒu yí diǎn

I have doubts about this conclusion.

他的说法让我产生了疑虑。tā de shuō fǎ ràng wǒ chǎn shēng le yí lǜ

His way of putting it left me with doubts.

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