踟躇

Chinese

		hesitating; undecided; hesitant	hesitate
trad. (踟躇)		踟	躇
simp. #(踟躇)		踟	躇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chíchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ cyu⁴

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: drje drjo

Rime
Character	踟	躇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直離切	直魚切
Baxter	drje	drjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇ/	/ɖɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛ/	/ɖiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɛ/	/ȡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjiə̆/	/ɖɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡje/	/ȡiɔ/
Wang Li	/ȡǐe/	/ȡĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱie̯/	/ȡʱi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4	cyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*de  da/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踟	躇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11500	16997
Phonetic component	矢	者
Rime group	支	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	馳	除
Old Chinese	/*de/	/*da/

Verb

踟躇

1. to pace back and forth; to walk to and fro; to wander
2. (figurative) to hesitate; to dither; to waver

Synonyms

• (to pace back and forth):

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

• (to hesitate):

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• 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)
• 踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
• 躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
• 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
• 逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
• 遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)