谜

mí

HSK 7

谜 — mí

1. riddle; puzzle (standard pronunciation)

   老师给我们出了一道谜，让全班同学猜。 lǎoshī gěi wǒmen chū le yīdào mí ràng quánbāntóngxué cāi — The teacher gave us a riddle and asked the whole class to guess it.

谜 — mèi

1. riddle (variant pronunciation used in compounds like 谜儿; colloquial)

   我们小时候常玩猜谜儿，大家都很投入。 wǒmen xiǎoshíhòu cháng wán cāimíér dàjiā dōu hěn tóurù — When we were children we often played guessing riddles; everyone got very involved.