(bound form) to doubt; to suspect

dagger (匕) + arrow (矢) + halted step (疋) = frozen in suspicion

Picture someone armed with a dagger (匕) and arrow (矢) but frozen mid-step (疋), unsure which direction to go. All that preparation, yet paralyzed by doubt.

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他对这件事半信半

tā duì zhè jiàn shì bàn xìn bàn yí.

He half-believes and half-doubts this matter.

大家都开始怀这个消息是不是真的。

dà jiā dōu kāi shǐ huái yí zhè ge xiāo xi shì bu shì zhēn de.

Everyone started to doubt whether this news is true.

Words with 疑

悬疑

xuán yí

suspense

迟疑

chí yí

to hesitate

释疑

shì yí

to dispel doubts

惊疑

jīng yí

bewildered

不容置疑

bù róng zhì yí

unquestionable

冘疑

yóu yí

variant of 猶疑|犹疑[you2 yi2]

半信半疑

bàn xìn bàn yí

(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical

可疑

kě yí

suspicious

可疑分子

kě yí fèn zǐ

suspect; person under suspicion

多疑

duō yí

mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid

嫌疑

xián yí

suspicion

嫌疑人

xián yí rén

a suspect

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