多疑 (duō yí) — distrustful, suspicious | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

distrustfulsuspicious

Examples

多疑，。
Tā xìng gé duō yí, hěn nán xiāng xìn bié rén.
He is distrustful by nature and finds it hard to trust others.
多疑。
Tā zǒng shì duō yí dì dīng zhe wǒ kàn.
She always stares at me suspiciously.
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Tài guò duō yí de rén hěn nán jiāo dào péng you.
People who are too distrustful have difficulty making friends.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

多 adds 'much' to 疑 'doubt', giving a sense of being full of suspicion.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

大大dàstanding human figure
夂夂zhǐtilted head with open mouth
丨丨gǔncane

疑 depicts a standing figure 大 with a tilted, open-mouthed head 夂 and a cane 丨, a confused person looking around for direction.

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