"彷徨" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/, /pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/, /pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: pánghuáng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pong⁴ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pang⁵ huang⁵, pánghuáng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], pánghuáng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pʻang²-huang² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], páng-hwáng [Mandarin, Yale], parnghwang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], панхуан [Mandarin, Palladius], panxuan [Mandarin, Palladius], pòhng wòhng [Cantonese, Yale], pong⁴ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], pong⁴ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pang⁵ huang⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], phâng huâng [POJ, Teochew], bang hwang [Middle-Chinese], /*[b]ˤaŋ [ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*baːŋ ɡʷaːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 彷徨
  1. to walk back and forth; to roam around
    Sense id: en-彷徨-zh-verb-LrJkbjE0 Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 79 7 14 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 64 15 21
  2. (figurative) to hesitate; to be irresolute; to be indecisive; to pause Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-彷徨-zh-verb-OD5D08b-
  3. (literary, of wind) to revolve; to go round; to spiral Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-彷徨-zh-verb-O~JRuWb-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 彷徨四顧, 彷徨四顾, 彷徨失措, 彷徨歧途
Synonyms: 徘徊, 盤旋 (pánxuán), 盘旋 (pánxuán), 盤桓 (pánhuán), 盘桓 (pánhuán), 走來走去 (zǒuláizǒuqù), 走来走去 (zǒuláizǒuqù), 踟躕 (chíchú), 踟蹰 (chíchú), 躑躅 (zhízhú), 踯躅 (zhízhú), 反顧 (fǎngù) [literary], 反顾 (fǎngù) [literary], 彳亍 (chìchù) [figuratively, literary], 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], 躊躇 (chóuchú), 踌躇 (chóuchú), 巡巡 (xúnxún) [literary], 逡巡 (qūnxún) [literary], 遲疑 (chíyí), 迟疑 (chíyí)

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      "word": "彷徨四顧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "彷徨四顾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "彷徨失措"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "english": "[…] There you might saunter idly by its side, or in the enjoyment of untroubled ease sleep beneath it.",
          "ref": "彷徨乎無為其側,逍遙乎寢臥其下? [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "彷徨乎无为其侧,逍遥乎寝卧其下? [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nPánghuáng hū wú wéi qí cè, xiāoyáo hū qǐnwò qí xià? [Pinyin]",
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        "to walk back and forth; to roam around"
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          "back and forth",
          "back and forth"
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          "roam",
          "roam"
        ]
      ]
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          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
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          "indecisive"
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          "pause",
          "pause"
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        "(figurative) to hesitate; to be irresolute; to be indecisive; to pause"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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      "categories": [],
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        "to revolve; to go round; to spiral"
      ],
      "id": "en-彷徨-zh-verb-O~JRuWb-",
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          "revolve",
          "revolve"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
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        [
          "round",
          "round"
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        [
          "spiral",
          "spiral"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of wind) to revolve; to go round; to spiral"
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        "literary"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pang⁵ huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻang²-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "páng-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "parnghwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "панхуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "panxuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòhng wòhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁵ huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phâng huâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bang hwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[b]ˤaŋ [ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*baːŋ ɡʷaːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[b]"
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    {
      "other": "[ɢ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*baːŋ ɡʷaːŋ/"
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      "word": "徘徊"
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      "roman": "pánxuán",
      "word": "盤旋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pánxuán",
      "word": "盘旋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "word": "盤桓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "word": "盘桓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
      "word": "走來走去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǒuláizǒuqù",
      "word": "走来走去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟躕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟蹰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhízhú",
      "word": "躑躅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhízhú",
      "word": "踯躅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fǎngù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "反顧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fǎngù",
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        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chìchù",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "彳亍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "徘徊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nábùdìng zhǔyì",
      "word": "拿不定主意"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyí",
      "word": "游移"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyí",
      "word": "猶疑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyí",
      "word": "犹疑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "word": "猶豫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "word": "犹豫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "疑蟯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "疑蛲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "盤桓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pánhuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "盘桓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nyi4",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "膩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nyi4",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "腻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chóuchú",
      "word": "躊躇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chóuchú",
      "word": "踌躇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xúnxún",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "巡巡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qūnxún",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "逡巡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chíyí",
      "word": "遲疑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chíyí",
      "word": "迟疑"
    }
  ],
  "word": "彷徨"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
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    "Chinese verbs",
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    "Old Chinese lemmas"
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    {
      "word": "彷徨四顧"
    },
    {
      "word": "彷徨四顾"
    },
    {
      "word": "彷徨失措"
    },
    {
      "word": "彷徨歧途"
    }
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          "english": "[…] There you might saunter idly by its side, or in the enjoyment of untroubled ease sleep beneath it.",
          "ref": "彷徨乎無為其側,逍遙乎寢臥其下? [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "彷徨乎无为其侧,逍遥乎寝卧其下? [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nPánghuáng hū wú wéi qí cè, xiāoyáo hū qǐnwò qí xià? [Pinyin]",
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        "to walk back and forth; to roam around"
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          "back and forth",
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        "to hesitate; to be irresolute; to be indecisive; to pause"
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          "hesitate",
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        ],
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          "irresolute",
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          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
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          "pause",
          "pause"
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        "(figurative) to hesitate; to be irresolute; to be indecisive; to pause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
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      "glosses": [
        "to revolve; to go round; to spiral"
      ],
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          "go",
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        ],
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          "round",
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          "spiral",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of wind) to revolve; to go round; to spiral"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pang⁵ huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pánghuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻang²-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "páng-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "parnghwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "панхуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "panxuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòhng wòhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pong⁴ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁵ huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phâng huâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bang hwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[b]ˤaŋ [ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*baːŋ ɡʷaːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[b]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɢ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*baːŋ ɡʷaːŋ/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "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": "踟躕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíchú",
      "word": "踟蹰"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "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": "彷徨"
}

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