See 踟躕 on Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "搔首踟躕"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "搔首踟蹰"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "步踟躕"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "步踟蹰"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "躑躅"
},
"expansion": "躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "躊躇"
},
"expansion": "躊躇 (OC *du da)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "彳亍"
},
"expansion": "彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 躊躇 (OC *du da), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning \"walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant\".",
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{
"form": "踟蹰",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "踟蹰",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "踟𨅒"
},
{
"form": "踟跦"
},
{
"form": "跢跦"
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {},
"expansion": "踟躕",
"name": "zh-verb"
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"_dis": "91 9",
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"name": "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "78 22",
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"parents": [
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{
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"examples": [
{
"english": "The silent girl is beautiful. She waits for me at the corner of the city. Loving yet not seeing her, I scratch my head and walk back and forth.",
"raw_tags": [
"Pre-Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Jìng nǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéng yú. Ài ér bú jiàn, sāo shǒu chíchú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "靜女其姝，俟我於城隅。愛而不見，搔首踟躕。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The silent girl is beautiful. She waits for me at the corner of the city. Loving yet not seeing her, I scratch my head and walk back and forth.",
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"Pre-Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Jìng nǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéng yú. Ài ér bú jiàn, sāo shǒu chíchú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "静女其姝，俟我于城隅。爱而不见，搔首踟蹰。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pace back and forth; to walk to and fro; to wander"
],
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"pace",
"pace"
],
[
"back and forth",
"back and forth"
],
[
"walk",
"walk"
],
[
"to and fro",
"to and fro"
],
[
"wander",
"wander"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to hesitate; to dither; to waver"
],
"id": "en-踟躕-zh-verb-NxIJiCDl",
"links": [
[
"hesitate",
"hesitate"
],
[
"dither",
"dither"
],
[
"waver",
"waver"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to hesitate; to dither; to waver"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ci⁴ cyu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíhchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻih²-chʻu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chŕ-chú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyrchwu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чичу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čiču"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chìh chyùh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsi⁴ tsy⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "qi⁴ qu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[d]re [d]ro/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*de do/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹/"
},
{
"other": "[d]"
},
{
"other": "[d]"
},
{
"other": "/*de do/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánghuáng",
"word": "彷徨"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "徘徊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánxuán",
"word": "盤旋"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánxuán",
"word": "盘旋"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánhuán",
"word": "盤桓"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánhuán",
"word": "盘桓"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
"word": "走來走去"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
"word": "走来走去"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chíchú",
"word": "踟躇"
},
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"roman": "zhízhú",
"word": "躑躅"
},
{
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"roman": "zhízhú",
"word": "踯躅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "fǎngù",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "反顧"
},
{
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"roman": "fǎngù",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "反顾"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chìchù",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literary"
],
"word": "彳亍"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánghuáng",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "彷徨"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "徘徊"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nábùdìng zhǔyì",
"word": "拿不定主意"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "游移"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "猶疑"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "犹疑"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yóuyù",
"word": "猶豫"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "疑蟯"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "疑蛲"
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"roman": "pánhuán",
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"figuratively"
],
"word": "盤桓"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "pánhuán",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "盘桓"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nyi4",
"tags": [
"Sichuanese"
],
"word": "膩"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nyi4",
"tags": [
"Sichuanese"
],
"word": "腻"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chóuchú",
"word": "躊躇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chóuchú",
"word": "踌躇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "xúnxún",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "巡巡"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "qūnxún",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "逡巡"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chíyí",
"word": "遲疑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chíyí",
"word": "迟疑"
}
],
"word": "踟躕"
}
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"Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 踟",
"Chinese terms spelled with 躕",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "搔首踟躕"
},
{
"word": "搔首踟蹰"
},
{
"word": "步踟躕"
},
{
"word": "步踟蹰"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
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},
"expansion": "躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "躊躇"
},
"expansion": "躊躇 (OC *du da)",
"name": "och-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "彳亍"
},
"expansion": "彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ)",
"name": "och-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 躊躇 (OC *du da), 彳亍 (OC *tʰeɡ toɡs/tʰoɡ), all meaning \"walking slowly or with difficulty > hesitant\".",
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{
"form": "踟蹰",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "踟蹰",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "踟𨅒"
},
{
"form": "踟跦"
},
{
"form": "跢跦"
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {},
"expansion": "踟躕",
"name": "zh-verb"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The silent girl is beautiful. She waits for me at the corner of the city. Loving yet not seeing her, I scratch my head and walk back and forth.",
"raw_tags": [
"Pre-Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Jìng nǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéng yú. Ài ér bú jiàn, sāo shǒu chíchú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "靜女其姝，俟我於城隅。愛而不見，搔首踟躕。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The silent girl is beautiful. She waits for me at the corner of the city. Loving yet not seeing her, I scratch my head and walk back and forth.",
"raw_tags": [
"Pre-Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Jìng nǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéng yú. Ài ér bú jiàn, sāo shǒu chíchú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "静女其姝，俟我于城隅。爱而不见，搔首踟蹰。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pace back and forth; to walk to and fro; to wander"
],
"links": [
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"pace",
"pace"
],
[
"back and forth",
"back and forth"
],
[
"walk",
"walk"
],
[
"to and fro",
"to and fro"
],
[
"wander",
"wander"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to hesitate; to dither; to waver"
],
"links": [
[
"hesitate",
"hesitate"
],
[
"dither",
"dither"
],
[
"waver",
"waver"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to hesitate; to dither; to waver"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄔˊ ㄔㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ci⁴ cyu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "chíhchú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻih²-chʻu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chŕ-chú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyrchwu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чичу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čiču"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chìh chyùh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsi⁴ tsy⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "qi⁴ qu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[d]re [d]ro/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*de do/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹/"
},
{
"other": "[d]"
},
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"other": "[d]"
},
{
"other": "/*de do/"
}
],
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"roman": "pánghuáng",
"word": "彷徨"
},
{
"word": "徘徊"
},
{
"roman": "pánxuán",
"word": "盤旋"
},
{
"roman": "pánxuán",
"word": "盘旋"
},
{
"roman": "pánhuán",
"word": "盤桓"
},
{
"roman": "pánhuán",
"word": "盘桓"
},
{
"roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
"word": "走來走去"
},
{
"roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
"word": "走来走去"
},
{
"roman": "chíchú",
"word": "踟躇"
},
{
"roman": "zhízhú",
"word": "躑躅"
},
{
"roman": "zhízhú",
"word": "踯躅"
},
{
"roman": "fǎngù",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "反顧"
},
{
"roman": "fǎngù",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "反顾"
},
{
"roman": "chìchù",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literary"
],
"word": "彳亍"
},
{
"roman": "pánghuáng",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "彷徨"
},
{
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "徘徊"
},
{
"roman": "nábùdìng zhǔyì",
"word": "拿不定主意"
},
{
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "游移"
},
{
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "猶疑"
},
{
"roman": "yóuyí",
"word": "犹疑"
},
{
"roman": "yóuyù",
"word": "猶豫"
},
{
"roman": "yóuyù",
"word": "犹豫"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "疑蟯"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "疑蛲"
},
{
"roman": "pánhuán",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "盤桓"
},
{
"roman": "pánhuán",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "盘桓"
},
{
"roman": "nyi4",
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"Sichuanese"
],
"word": "膩"
},
{
"roman": "nyi4",
"tags": [
"Sichuanese"
],
"word": "腻"
},
{
"roman": "chóuchú",
"word": "躊躇"
},
{
"roman": "chóuchú",
"word": "踌躇"
},
{
"roman": "xúnxún",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "巡巡"
},
{
"roman": "qūnxún",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "逡巡"
},
{
"roman": "chíyí",
"word": "遲疑"
},
{
"roman": "chíyí",
"word": "迟疑"
}
],
"word": "踟躕"
}
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.