忖度

cǔnduó
verb #66,561

Meanings

  1. 1 to ponder; to turn over in one's mind
  2. 2 to surmise; to reckon

Examples

HSK 3
Tā xīnli cǔnduó zhe gāi zěnme huídá.
He turned over in his mind how he should answer.
HSK 5
Wǒ cǔnduó tā bú huì tóngyì zhège fāng'àn, jiù méi qù zhǎo tā.
I reckoned he wouldn't agree to the plan, so I didn't go to see him.

Tips

mistakes
度 is duó here, 'to estimate', not dù as in 温度. The same duó appears in 揣度 and 审时度势.
register
Literary. In speech 琢磨 or 寻思 says the same thing.

Stroke Order

忖 cǔn
度 dù