徘徊
pái huái
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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pái huái · pui4 wui4 (Jyutping)
- to pace back and forth
- to dither; to hesitate
- (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
徘
- Meaning
- walk back and forth, hesitate
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰彳非
- Cangjie
- HOLMY
- Four-corner
- 2121.1
徊
- Meaning
- linger, walk to and fro, hesitate
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰彳回
- Cangjie
- HOWR
- Four-corner
- 2620.0
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