踟蹰

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Chinese

hesitating; undecided; hesitant
simp. and trad.
(踟蹰)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (11) (11)
Final () (13) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter drje drju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiᴇ/ /ɖɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚiɛ/ /ɖio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɛ/ /ȡio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖjiə̆/ /ɖuə̆/
Li
Rong
/ȡje/ /ȡio/
Wang
Li
/ȡǐe/ /ȡĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȡʱie̯/ /ȡʱi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci4 cyu4

Verb

踟蹰

  1. to walk back and forth; to hesitate