逡巡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (逡巡)		逡	巡
simp. #(逡巡)		逡	巡
alternative forms		逡遁 逡循

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūnxún

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūnxún
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyunsyún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün¹-hsün²
    • Yale: chyūn-syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiunshyun
    • Palladius: цюньсюнь (cjunʹsjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵ ɕyn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwin zwin

Rime
Character	逡	巡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七倫切	詳遵切
Baxter	tshwin	zwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuɪn/	/ziuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷin/	/zʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuen/	/zjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwin/	/zwin/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuĕn/	/ziuĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭuĕn/	/zĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯uĕn/	/zi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qūn	xún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1	ceon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlun  sɢljun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	逡	巡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16464	1631
Phonetic component	允	川
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	逡	旬
Old Chinese	/*sʰlun/	/*sɢljun/

Verb

逡巡

1. (literary) to hesitate to move forward; to hang back

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 踟躇 (chíchú)
• 踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
• 躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
• 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
• 遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (逡巡):

• → Japanese: 逡巡(しゅんじゅん) (shunjun)

See also

• 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú)
• 踟躕／踟蹰 (chíchú)
• 彳亍 (chìchù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逡	巡
しゅん Hyōgai	じゅん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん) • (shunjun) 

1. hesitation, indecision, wavering

Verb

逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)する • (shunjun suru) suru (stem 逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)し (shunjun shi), past 逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)した (shunjun shita))

1. hesitate, be undecided, waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of "逡巡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	逡巡し	しゅんじゅんし	shunjun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	逡巡し	しゅんじゅんし	shunjun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	逡巡する	しゅんじゅんする	shunjun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	逡巡する	しゅんじゅんする	shunjun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	逡巡すれ	しゅんじゅんすれ	shunjun sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	逡巡せよ¹ 逡巡しろ²	しゅんじゅんせよ¹ しゅんじゅんしろ²	shunjun seyo¹ shunjun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	逡巡される	しゅんじゅんされる	shunjun sareru
Causative	逡巡させる 逡巡さす	しゅんじゅんさせる しゅんじゅんさす	shunjun saseru shunjun sasu
Potential	逡巡できる	しゅんじゅんできる	shunjun dekiru
Volitional	逡巡しよう	しゅんじゅんしよう	shunjun shiyō
Negative	逡巡しない	しゅんじゅんしない	shunjun shinai
Negative continuative	逡巡せず	しゅんじゅんせず	shunjun sezu
Formal	逡巡します	しゅんじゅんします	shunjun shimasu
Perfective	逡巡した	しゅんじゅんした	shunjun shita
Conjunctive	逡巡して	しゅんじゅんして	shunjun shite
Hypothetical conditional	逡巡すれば	しゅんじゅんすれば	shunjun sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “^▲逡巡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026