踟躕

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (踟躕/踟蹰)		踟	躕/蹰
simp. (踟蹰)		踟	蹰
alternative forms		踟𨅒踟跦跢跦踟躇

Etymology

Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 躊躇 (OC *du da), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chíchú

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ cyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chíchú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíhchú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²-chʻu²
  - Yale: chŕ-chú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrchwu
  - Palladius: чичу (čiču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ cyu⁴
  - Yale: chìh chyùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ qu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*re ro/

(Zhengzhang): /*de do/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	踟	躕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chí	chú
Middle Chinese	‹ drje ›	‹ drju ›
Old Chinese	/*re/	/*ro/
English	踟躕 *re.ro walk hesitatingly	踟躕 drje.drjo walk hesitatingly
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踟	躕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11500	17642
Phonetic component	矢	壴
Rime group	支	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	馳	廚
Old Chinese	/*de/	/*do/

Verb

踟躕

to walk back and forth
- 靜女其姝，俟我於城隅。愛而不見，搔首踟躕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  静女其姝，俟我于城隅。爱而不见，搔首踟蹰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jìng nǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéng yú. Ài ér bú jiàn, sāo shǒu chíchú.
  The silent girl is beautiful. She waits for me at the corner of the city. Loving yet not seeing her, I scratch my head and walk back and forth.
(figurative) to waver; to hesitate

Synonyms

(to walk back and forth):

彷徨 (pánghuáng)
徘徊
盤旋／盘旋 (pánxuán)
盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán)
走來走去／走来走去 (zǒuláizǒuqù)
躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú)

(to hesitate):

反顧／反顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
徘徊 (figurative)
拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
游移 (yóuyí)
猶疑／犹疑 (yóuyí)
猶豫／犹豫 (yóuyù)
疑蟯／疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
膩／腻 (nyi⁴) (Sichuanese)
躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
遲疑／迟疑 (chíyí)

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