Definition

1. Verb:
   • To suspect: To think that someone is likely to have done something wrong or is guilty of something, often without having complete proof.
   • To doubt: To feel uncertain about something or to question whether something is true or will happen.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát nghi anh ta là thủ phạm. (The police suspect he is the culprit.)
  • Tôi nghi là trời sẽ mưa. (I doubt it will rain.)
  • Đừng nghi ngờ lòng tốt của cô ấy. (Don't doubt her kindness.)

Advanced Usage

• "nghi ngờ": This is the most common compound form, meaning "to doubt" or "to suspect." It emphasizes a state of uncertainty or mistrust.

  • Mối quan hệ của họ đầy nghi ngờ. (Their relationship is full of doubt.)

• "bán tín bán nghi": An idiom meaning to be half-convinced, half-doubting; to be skeptical.

  • Tôi nghe câu chuyện đó với thái độ bán tín bán nghi. (I listened to that story with a skeptical attitude.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghi ngại (v): To have misgivings or apprehensions about something.

  • Họ nghi ngại về kết quả của thỏa thuận. (They have misgivings about the deal's outcome.)

• Nghi hoặc (v): To be perplexed or to harbor doubts; a more literary term for doubting.

  • Sự im lặng của anh ấy khiến mọi người nghi hoặc. (His silence made everyone perplexed.)

Synonyms

• Suspect: To believe someone is guilty of something.
• Doubt: To feel uncertain or hesitant to believe.
• Distrust: To lack trust in someone or something.

Related Idioms

• Nghi oan: To suspect someone wrongly; to have a false suspicion.

  • Anh ấy bị nghi oan là đã lấy tiền. (He was wrongly suspected of taking the money.)

• Nghi như tào tháo: A saying comparing someone to the historically suspicious Cao Cao, meaning to be extremely or paranoically suspicious.

  • Đừng có nghi như tào tháo thế! (Don't be so paranoid!)

verb

1. to doubt; to suspect
   • nghi người nào phạm tội
     to suspect someone of a crime