Chinese word dictionary

猜枚

cāi méi · drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand

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Word information

Simplified猜枚

Traditional猜枚

Pinyincāi méi

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

猜cāi

to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel

枚méi

the stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree

How to learn 猜枚

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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猜cāi

to guess

猜测cāicè

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

猜想cāixiǎng

to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis

枚méi

classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy; surname Mei