踟躕

踟躕

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (踟躕)		踟	躕
simp. (踟蹰)		踟	蹰
variant forms		踟蹰 踟𨅒 踟跦 跢跦 踟躇

Etymology

Cognate with 躑躅 (*dek dok), 躊躇 (*du da), 彳亍 (*tʰek tʰok), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant".

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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• 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

1. to walk back and forth
2. (figuratively) to waver; to hesitate

Derived terms

搔首踟躕／搔首踟蹰

步踟躕／步踟蹰