Chinese symbol for “suspicion”
嫌疑
xián yí
suspicion; to have suspicions
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suspicion is 嫌疑 (xián yí), defined as: suspicion; to have suspicions.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “suspicion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疑心 | yí xīn | suspicion; to suspect |
| 嫌 | xián | to dislike; suspicion |
| 嫌忌 | xián jì | suspicion |
| 嫌猜 | xián cāi | suspicion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嫌疑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 嫌疑人 | xián yí rén | a suspect |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suspicion”.
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.