Questions & Answers about wǒ cāi shīdù tài gāo.
Why is 我猜 used here? Does 猜 really mean guess?
Yes. 猜 literally means to guess. In this sentence, 我猜 means something like I guess..., I’m guessing..., or My guess is....
It suggests the speaker is not completely certain and is offering a likely explanation.
A few similar options are:
- 我猜湿度太高。 = I guess the humidity is too high.
- 我觉得湿度太高。 = I feel / think the humidity is too high.
- 我想湿度太高。 = I think maybe the humidity is too high.
Among these, 猜 sounds a bit more like you are making an inference without firm evidence.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
Chinese often does not need a verb like is when describing a state with an adjective.
So:
- 湿度太高。 literally looks like humidity too high
- but it naturally means The humidity is too high
In Mandarin, adjectives can function like predicates by themselves. You do not need 是 here.
So this is correct:
- 湿度太高。
But this would usually be wrong:
- 湿度是太高。
是 is mainly used when linking a noun to another noun, not normally before an adjective phrase like 太高.
Why is 太高 used instead of just 高?