Read Edit View history 半吞半吐 bàntūnbàntǔ to hem and haw Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 半吞半吐 bàntūnbàntǔ to hem and haw Describes speaking in a hesitant and indirect manner, as if half-swallowing and half-spitting one's words; to be evasive in speech Frequency Written text 0.008 per million Cross-References Synonym 吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
半吞半吐 bàntūnbàntǔ to hem and haw Describes speaking in a hesitant and indirect manner, as if half-swallowing and half-spitting one's words; to be evasive in speech Frequency Written text 0.008 per million Cross-References Synonym 吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)