彳亍

See also: 行

Chinese

		step with left foot	step with right foot
simp. and trad. (彳亍)		彳	亍

Glyph origin

Decomposition of 行 (“to walk”).

Etymology 1

Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇 (OC *du da), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik¹ cuk¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qid⁵ cog⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhchù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: chr̀-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhchuh
    • Palladius: чичу (čiču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik¹ cuk¹
    • Yale: chīk chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁷ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig¹ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qid⁵ cog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjek trhjowk

Rime
Character	彳	亍
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丑亦切	丑玉切
Baxter	trhjek	trhjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇk̚/	/ʈʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛk̚/	/ʈʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæk̚/	/ȶʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajk̚/	/ʈʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛk̚/	/ȶʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛk̚/	/ȶʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ȶʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	chu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	cuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeɡ  tʰoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彳	亍
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1469	1615
Phonetic component	彳	亍
Rime group	錫	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	彳	梀
Old Chinese	/*tʰeɡ/	/*tʰoɡ/

Verb

彳亍

1. (literary) to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble
2. (literary, figurative) to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant

Derived terms

• 彳亍噉轉／彳亍噉转

 

Synonyms

• (to hesitate):

• 反顧／反顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
• 彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
• 徘徊 (figurative)
• 拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 猶疑／犹疑 (yóuyí)
• 猶豫／犹豫 (yóuyù)
• 疑蟯／疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
• 膩／腻 (nyi⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
• 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
• 逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
• 遲疑／迟疑 (chíyí)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 𨑨迌 (“to play; to toy with; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 𨑨迌).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 行 (“to walk; to go; etc.”). (This term is an Internet slang variant form of 行).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彳	亍
てき Hyōgaiji	ちょく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 彳亍 (MC trhjek trhjowk). The characters arose by splitting 行 (“to walk”) in two; traditionally the halves have been glossed "left foot" and "right foot".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てきちょく [tèkíchókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲit͡ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

彳(てき)亍(ちょく) • (tekichoku) 

1. walking in fits and starts
2. standing still

See also

• 行(こう) (kō)
• 佇(たたず)む (tatazumu, “stand still”)
• 躑躅(てきちょく) (tekichoku, “hesitation”)