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躇

Mandarin · pinyin chú

used in 躊躇 chóu chú

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躇: chú · hesitate, falter, be undecided

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2 · chu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi4 · cyu1 · cyu4

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to walk back and forth
to hesitate; to falter; to be undecided
to trample on

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to overstep; to pass over; to advance out of turn

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(Hokkien) impractical and stupid (often reduplicated)
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Malaysian Hokkien) to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally

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