Chinese symbol for “suspect”
嫌疑人
xián yí rén
a suspect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suspect is 嫌疑人 (xián yí rén), defined as: a suspect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “suspect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疑犯 | yí fàn | a suspect |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 猜疑 | cāi yí | to suspect; to have misgivings |
| 疑 | yí | (bound form) to doubt; to suspect |
| 可疑分子 | kě yí fèn zǐ | suspect; person under suspicion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嫌疑人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion; to have suspicions |
| 嫌弃 (嫌棄) | xián qì | to regard with disdain; to shun |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 怀疑 (懷疑) | huái yí | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |
| 质疑 (質疑) | zhì yí | to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of) |
| 无疑 (無疑) | wú yí | undoubtedly; without doubt |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suspect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.