踟躇

踟躇

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chíchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ cyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chíchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chychwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhchú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ cyu⁴
    • Yale: chìh chyùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ qu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡ʃʰyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇ  ɖɨʌ/

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)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	直離切	直魚切
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/
Bernard 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. Alternative form of 踟躕／踟蹰 (chíchú, “to walk back and forth; to hesitate”).