徘徊 páihuái HSK7 to pace back and forth Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 徘徊 páihuái to pace back and forth verb to walk up and down; to move around a place; to linger 他在外面徘徊。 tā zài wàimiàn páihuái. He is wandering outside. 我们不希望我们的新朋友独自在这乡间徘徊。 wǒmen bù xīwàng wǒmen de xīn péngyou dúzì zài zhè xiāngjiān páihuái. We don't want our new friend wandering the countryside alone. to hesitate to dither or waver; to be unable to make a decision to fluctuate to hover or move within a certain range; to fluctuate gently (of prices, output, or levels) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.74 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 10.4 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 俳佪 páihuáiReferenced by 徊 huái徘 pái彷徨 pánghuáng踯躅 zhízhú蹢躅 zhízhú佪 huái踌伫 chóuzhùSynonym 盘旋 pánxuán踟蹰 chíchú低回 dīhuí盘桓 pánhuán踟躅 chízhú般桓 pánhuán徙倚 xǐyǐ彷徉 pángyángSame as 俳 pái徊徨 huíhuángHas variant 裴回 péihuí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
徘徊 páihuái to pace back and forth verb to walk up and down; to move around a place; to linger 他在外面徘徊。 tā zài wàimiàn páihuái. He is wandering outside. 我们不希望我们的新朋友独自在这乡间徘徊。 wǒmen bù xīwàng wǒmen de xīn péngyou dúzì zài zhè xiāngjiān páihuái. We don't want our new friend wandering the countryside alone. to hesitate to dither or waver; to be unable to make a decision to fluctuate to hover or move within a certain range; to fluctuate gently (of prices, output, or levels) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.74 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 10.4 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 俳佪 páihuáiReferenced by 徊 huái徘 pái彷徨 pánghuáng踯躅 zhízhú蹢躅 zhízhú佪 huái踌伫 chóuzhùSynonym 盘旋 pánxuán踟蹰 chíchú低回 dīhuí盘桓 pánhuán踟躅 chízhú般桓 pánhuán徙倚 xǐyǐ彷徉 pángyángSame as 俳 pái徊徨 huíhuángHas variant 裴回 péihuí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)