支吾 zhīwuzhīwú to hem and haw Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 支吾 zhīwu to hem and haw to respond evasively or vaguely; to speak haltingly while avoiding a direct answer; to stall for time 支吾 zhīwú to deal with to cope with or handle a situation just for the occasion; to brush someone off to resist to withstand, fend off, or hold one's ground (often in the negative) Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.541 per million Cross-References Referenced by 捂 wúHas variant 枝梧 zhīwú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
支吾 zhīwu to hem and haw to respond evasively or vaguely; to speak haltingly while avoiding a direct answer; to stall for time 支吾 zhīwú to deal with to cope with or handle a situation just for the occasion; to brush someone off to resist to withstand, fend off, or hold one's ground (often in the negative) Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.541 per million Cross-References Referenced by 捂 wúHas variant 枝梧 zhīwú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
