趑趄囁嚅
zī​jū​niè​rú

hesitant and cringing

  • created sense approved 趑趄嗫嚅/趑趄囁嚅 · zī​jū​niè​rú · hesitant and cringing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趑趄嗫嚅 / 趑趄囁嚅

    zī​jū​niè​rú

    hesitant and cringing

    To falter in step and mumble in speech; to be hesitant, cringing, or to cower.

    趑趄 (literal) → 趑趄 · zī​jū · to hesitate 嗫嚅 (literal) → 嗫嚅/囁嚅 · niè​rú · to speak haltingly

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense