躊躇

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See also: 踌躇

Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (躊躇)
simp. (踌躇)
alternative forms 躊躕踌蹰

Etymology

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Reduplication with the original form of *du da.

Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant".

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (11) (11)
Final () (136) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter drjuw drjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨu/ /ɖɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiu/ /ɖiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiəu/ /ȡiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖuw/ /ɖɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/ȡiu/ /ȡiɔ/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭəu/ /ȡĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/ /ȡʱi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chóu chú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cau4 cyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chuò
Middle
Chinese
‹ trhjak ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰrak/
English jump over, pass over

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11696 16997
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*du/ /*da/

Verb

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躊躇

  1. to walk back and forth
  2. to hesitate; to pause
    老師躊躇一會兒發表意見 [MSC, trad.]
    老师踌躇一会儿发表意见 [MSC, simp.]
    Tīng wán le wǒ de huà, lǎoshī chóuchú le yīhuìr, cái fābiǎo tā de yìjiàn. [Pinyin]
    After hearing me out, my teacher hesitated for a moment before stating his opinion.

Synonyms

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  • (to walk back and forth):
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  • (to hesitate):
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Derived terms

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Adjective

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躊躇

  1. (literary) smug; complacent; self-satisfied

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (躊躇):

References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Hyōgai
ちょ
Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 躊躇 (MC drjuw drjo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちゅう)(ちょ) (chūchoちうちょ (tiutyo)?

  1. hesitation, indecision, wavering

Synonyms

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Verb

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(ちゅう)(ちょ)する (chūcho suruちうちょ (tiutyo)?suru (stem (ちゅう)(ちょ) (chūcho shi), past (ちゅう)(ちょ)した (chūcho shita))

  1. to hesitate, to be undecided, to waver

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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躊躇 (jujeo) (hangeul 주저)

  1. hanja form? of 주저 (hesitation)