踟躕

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): /*[d]re [d]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	/*[d]re/	/*[d]ro/
English	踟躕 *[d]re.[d]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. [t] 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. [Pinyin]
  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)

Derived terms

搔首踟躕／搔首踟蹰
步踟躕／步踟蹰

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