徘徊 páihuái HSK7 pace Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 徘 pái walk back and forth Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Components 彳 彳 Meaning component chì, fú walk 彳 is a component form of 行. 非 非 Sound component fēi not Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangbuːlUnicodebhəi Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 徊 huái linger To pace 彳 back and forth 回; 回 also provides the pronunciation Components 彳 彳 Meaning component chì, fú walk 回 回 SoundMeaning component huí return Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangɡuːlUnicodehuəi Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang