蹰躇

Chinese

			hesitate
trad. (蹰躇)		蹰	躇
simp. #(蹰躇)		蹰	躇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chúchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄔㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chúchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chúchú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²-chʻu²
    • Yale: chú-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwuchwu
    • Palladius: чучу (čuču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drju drjo

Rime
Character	蹰	躇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直誅切	直魚切
Baxter	drju	drjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨo/	/ɖɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖio/	/ɖiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡio/	/ȡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuə̆/	/ɖɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡio/	/ȡiɔ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭu/	/ȡĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯u/	/ȡʱi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu4	cyu4

Verb

蹰躇

1. Alternative form of 躕躇／蹰躇 (chúchú, “to walk back and forth”)