疑

yí

(bound form) to doubt; to suspect

dagger (匕) + arrow (矢) + halted step (疋) = frozen in suspicion

Picture someone armed with a dagger (匕) and arrow (矢) but frozen mid-step (疋), unsure which direction to go. All that preparation, yet paralyzed by doubt.

匕+矢+疋→疑
匕DaggerSemantic
疋FootSemantic
矢ArrowSemantic

他对这件事半信半疑。

tā duì zhè jiàn shì bàn xìn bàn yí.

He half-believes and half-doubts this matter.

大家都开始怀疑这个消息是不是真的。

dà jiā dōu kāi shǐ huái yí zhè ge xiāo xi shì bu shì zhēn de.

Everyone started to doubt whether this news is true.

Words with 疑

不容置疑

bù róng zhì yí

unquestionable

疑案

yí àn

a doubtful case

疑神疑鬼

yí shén yí guǐ

to suspect everyone

疑难杂症

yí nán zá zhèng

dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine)

悬疑

xuán yí

suspense

迟疑

chí yí

to hesitate

释疑

shì yí

to dispel doubts

惊疑

jīng yí

bewildered

冘疑

yóu yí

variant of 猶疑|犹疑[you2 yi2]

半信半疑

bàn xìn bàn yí

(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical

可疑

kě yí

suspicious

可疑分子

kě yí fèn zǐ

suspect; person under suspicion

More characters with 匕

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