shè xián

HSK 7–9

涉嫌 (shè xián) is a Chinese word meaning “to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be a suspect (in a crime)
  2. 2to be suspected of
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 涉嫌

涉shè · (literary) to wade across a body of water嫌xián · to dislike

Related words

嫌犯criminal suspect嫌疑犯a suspect嫌疑人a suspect涉及to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon嫌疑suspicion干涉to interfere牵涉to involve嫌to dislike交涉to negotiate (with)前嫌former hatred涉足to set foot in涉(literary) to wade across a body of water

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