Definition

1. Verb:
   • To suspect: To think that someone may have done something wrong or illegal, or to believe something is likely true without certain proof. This word carries a formal or literary tone in Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát hiềm nghi anh ta có liên quan đến vụ trộm. (The police suspect he is involved in the theft.)
  • Tôi hiềm nghi thông tin đó không chính xác. (I suspect that information is not accurate.)
  • Không nên hiềm nghi người khác mà không có bằng chứng. (One should not suspect others without evidence.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bị/Được hiềm nghi": To be suspected.
  • Người đàn ông đó bị hiềm nghi là gián điệp. (That man is suspected of being a spy.)
• "Mối hiềm nghi": Suspicion (as a noun phrase, though "hiềm nghi" itself is a verb).
  • Mối hiềm nghi của anh ta là có cơ sở. (His suspicion is well-founded.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghi ngờ (verb): To doubt, to suspect. (A more common, everyday synonym.)
• Hoài nghi (verb): To doubt, to be skeptical. (Often implies a deeper, more philosophical doubt.)
• Ngờ vực (verb): To distrust, to be suspicious of.

Synonyms

• Nghi ngờ: To suspect, to doubt.
• Ngờ vực: To distrust.
• Cho là: To believe (that something, often negative, is the case).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single Vietnamese verb, "hiềm nghi" does not form phrasal verbs in the same way English verbs do. Its usage is modified by auxiliary words or context.

Related Idioms

• "Hiềm nghi vô căn cứ": Baseless suspicion / Unfounded suspicion.
  • Những lời buộc tội chỉ dựa trên sự hiềm nghi vô căn cứ. (The accusations are based only on unfounded suspicion.)

verb

1. to suspect