嫌疑

• 拼音: xián yí
• 汉字拆解: 嫌 = 女 + 兼 (ambivalence, held in doubt); 疑 = complex character combining 矢 (arrow) + 止 (stop) + 疋 (foot — hesitation at crossroads)

含义

Suspicion; grounds for suspicion. Refers to the grounds, circumstances, or appearance of wrongdoing that makes a person a suspect, without yet constituting proof of guilt.

Central to legal and criminal discourse. 有嫌疑 (to be under suspicion), 嫌疑人 (suspect), 洗清嫌疑 (to clear one's name). Also used metaphorically in non-legal contexts to describe the appearance of impropriety or bias (有利益输送的嫌疑 = suspected of improper benefit transfer). The term is formal and carries serious connotations.

例句

1. 警方目前已锁定数名具有重大嫌疑的人员，正在对其展开深入的背景调查和证据核实工作。
2. 这位官员为了洗清自己的嫌疑，主动向纪检部门提交了所有相关的财务记录和往来函件。
3. 调查结论指出，该合同的签署过程存在利益输送的嫌疑，将被提交上级部门进一步审查。

用法指南

语境: law, politics, investigation, journalism

语气: serious

正确说法

• 刑事诉讼中，司法机关必须区分嫌疑与定罪，不能把侦查阶段的判断当成审判结论。(In criminal proceedings, judicial authorities must distinguish suspicion from conviction and cannot treat an investigation-stage judgment as a trial verdict.)
• 媒体报道嫌疑人案件时，应避免在判决前使用定罪性语言，以免造成媒体审判和舆论定罪。(When reporting cases involving suspects, the media should avoid convicting language before judgment to prevent media trials and public opinion from acting as a verdict.)

错误说法

• 嫌疑 loosely to mean merely that someone looks guilty or seems dishonest in everyday conversation — 嫌疑 carries formal legal weight; use 感觉有问题 or 看起来不对 in casual speech for informal suspicions

起源与历史

嫌 (suspicion, dislike — 女 + 兼, ambivalence — being held in doubt) + 疑 (doubt, suspicion — 矢 + 子 + 止 + 疋, complex character suggesting uncertainty and hesitation)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal