"彳亍" meaning in Chinese

See 彳亍 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-彳亍-zh-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/, /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/ Chinese transliterations: chìchù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cik¹ cuk¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], qid⁵ cog⁵ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], chìchù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], chìhchù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻih⁴-chʻu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chr̀-chù [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chyhchuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чичу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čiču [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], chīk chūk [Cantonese, Yale], tsik⁷ tsuk⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], qig¹ cug¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], trhjek trhjowk [Middle-Chinese], /*tʰeɡ tʰoɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Decomposition of 行 (“to walk”). Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇 (OC *du da), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant". Etymology templates: {{zh-l|行|to walk|tr=-}} 行 (“to walk”), {{och-l|躑躅}} 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), {{och-l|踟躕}} 踟躕 (OC *de do), {{och-l|躊躇}} 躊躇 (OC *du da) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 彳亍
  1. (literary) to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-彳亍-zh-verb-rQW7VBDB Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (literary, figurative) to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-彳亍-zh-verb-nx4gg71n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 彳亍噉轉, 彳亍噉转
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: 反顧 (fǎngù) [literary], 反顾 (fǎngù) [literary], 彷徨 (pánghuáng) [figuratively], 徘徊 [figuratively], 拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì), 游移 (yóuyí), 猶疑 (yóuyí), 犹疑 (yóuyí), 猶豫 (yóuyù), 犹豫 (yóuyù), 疑蟯 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 疑蛲 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 盤桓 (pánhuán) [figuratively], 盘桓 (pánhuán) [figuratively], (nyi4) [Sichuanese], (nyi4) [Sichuanese], 踟躇 (chíchú), 踟躕 (chíchú), 踟蹰 (chíchú), 躊躇 (chóuchú), 踌躇 (chóuchú), 巡巡 (xúnxún) [literary], 逡巡 (qūnxún) [literary], 遲疑 (chíyí), 迟疑 (chíyí)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "彳亍噉轉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "彳亍噉转"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "行",
        "2": "to walk",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "行 (“to walk”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "躑躅"
      },
      "expansion": "躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "踟躕"
      },
      "expansion": "踟躕 (OC *de do)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "躊躇"
      },
      "expansion": "躊躇 (OC *du da)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Decomposition of 行 (“to walk”).\nCognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇 (OC *du da), all meaning \"walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "彳亍",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble"
      ],
      "id": "en-彳亍-zh-verb-rQW7VBDB",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fits and starts",
          "fits and starts"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "amble",
          "amble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant"
      ],
      "id": "en-彳亍-zh-verb-nx4gg71n",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "waver",
          "waver"
        ],
        [
          "hesitant",
          "hesitant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cik¹ cuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qid⁵ cog⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìhchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻih⁴-chʻu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chr̀-chù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyhchuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čiču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chīk chūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsik⁷ tsuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qig¹ cug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trhjek trhjowk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*tʰeɡ tʰoɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*tʰeɡ tʰoɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fǎngù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "反顧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fǎngù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "反顾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pánghuáng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "彷徨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "徘徊"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyí",
      "word": "犹疑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "word": "猶豫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "word": "犹豫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "疑蟯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "疑蛲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "盤桓"
    },
    {
      "_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": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟躇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟躕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟蹰"
    },
    {
      "_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": "彳亍"
}

{
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "𨑨迌",
    "行"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-彳亍-zh-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "彳亍"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 亍",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 彳",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "彳亍噉轉"
    },
    {
      "word": "彳亍噉转"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "行",
        "2": "to walk",
        "tr": "-"
      },
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      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "躑躅"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "躊躇"
      },
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      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Decomposition of 行 (“to walk”).\nCognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇 (OC *du da), all meaning \"walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant\".",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "彳亍",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fits and starts",
          "fits and starts"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "amble",
          "amble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "waver",
          "waver"
        ],
        [
          "hesitant",
          "hesitant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cik¹ cuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qid⁵ cog⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chìhchù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻih⁴-chʻu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chr̀-chù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyhchuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čiču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chīk chūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsik⁷ tsuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qig¹ cug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trhjek trhjowk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*tʰeɡ tʰoɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*tʰeɡ tʰoɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fǎngù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "反顧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǎngù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "反顾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pánghuáng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "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": [
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      ],
      "word": "疑蟯"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
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      "word": "疑蛲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pánhuán",
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        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "盤桓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "盘桓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nyi4",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "膩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nyi4",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "腻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟躇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟躕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟蹰"
    },
    {
      "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": "彳亍"
}

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "彳亍"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 彳亍 meaning in Chinese (4.9kB)

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