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

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: /t͡ɕʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/

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/
Bernhard 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

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

Synonyms

(to hesitate):

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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)
踟躇 (chíchú)
踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)

Derived terms

彳亍噉轉 / 彳亍噉转

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 𨑨迌 (“to play; to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially to hang out; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 𨑨迌).

Etymology 3

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彳	亍
てき Hyōgai	ちょく Hyōgai
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".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てきちょく [tèkíchókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞kʲit͡ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

彳(てき)亍(ちょく) • (tekichoku)

walking in fits and starts
standing still

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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