踟蹰

Chinese

		hesitating; undecided; hesitant
simp. and trad. (踟蹰)		踟	蹰

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 drju

Rime
Character	踟	蹰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直離切	直誅切
Baxter	drje	drju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇ/	/ɖɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛ/	/ɖio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɛ/	/ȡio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjiə̆/	/ɖuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡje/	/ȡio/
Wang Li	/ȡǐe/	/ȡĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱie̯/	/ȡʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4	cyu4

Verb

踟蹰

1. to walk back and forth; to hesitate