徘徊

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徘徊

  • páihuái Mandarin, Pinyin
  • páihuí Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄆㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ㄆㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • pui⁴ wui⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • bài-*huòi Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • bài-*huài Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • pâi-hôe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • pâi-hoâi Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ⁶be-we Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • páihuái Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄆㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • páihuái Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • pʻai²-huai² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • pái-hwái Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • pairhwai Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • пайхуай Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • páihuí Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄆㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • páihuéi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • pʻai²-hui² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • pái-hwéi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • pairhwei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • пайхуэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • pui⁴ wui⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • pùih wùih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

上古漢語中的一種重複性、表意性組詞。

對照婓婓 (上古 *pʰɯl pʰɯl, “來來回回”)、回回 (上古 *ɡuːl ɡuːl, “旋轉”)。

verb 俳佪 · 俳回 · 裴回 · 裵回

  1. 來回走動 徐徘徊於山阿兮,飄風來之洶洶。

    Similar: 彷徨, 盤旋, 盘旋, 盤桓, 盘桓, 走來走去, 走来走去, 踟躕, 踟蹰, 躑躅, 踯躅

  2. figuratively 流連 徐風至而徘徊兮,疾風過之湯湯。
  3. figuratively 縈繞
  4. figuratively 猶豫

    Similar: 反顧, 反顾, 彳亍, 彷徨, 拿不定主意, 游移, 猶疑, 犹疑, 猶豫, 犹豫, 疑蟯, 疑蛲

  5. figuratively 紛雜起落

In English

  • wander to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
  • prowl to idle; to go about aimlessly

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {徘徊},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%BE%98%E5%BE%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}