"To hesitate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 犹豫 | yóu yù | to hesitate |   |
| 徘徊 | pái huái | to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / by ext. to hover around / to linger | |
| 迟疑 | chí yí | to hesitate | |
| 彷徨 | páng huáng | to pace back and forth / to hesitate / to be indecisive | |
| 踌躇 | chóu chú | to hesitate | |
| 犹疑 | yóu yí | to hesitate | |
| 逡巡 | qūn xún | to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant | |
| 踟蹰 | chí chú | to waver / to hesitate | |
| 徊 |  huái | see 徘徊[pai2 huai2], to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / irresolute | |
| 踌 | chóu | to pace back and forth / to hesitate / to waver | |
| 躇 | chú | to hesitate | |
| 蹙 | cù | to knit (one's brows) / wrinkled (of brows) / to hesitate / distressed | |
| 趄 | jū | to hesitate / to mark time | |
| 躅 | zhú | walk carefully / to hesitate / to halter | |
| 夷犹 | yí yóu | to hesitate | |
| 碍口 | ài kǒu | to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words | |
| 媕婀 | ān ē | (literary) to hesitate / indecisive | |
| 踌躇不决 | chóu chú bù jué | to hesitate / indecisive | |
| 犯嘀咕 | fàn dí gu | to hesitate / to have second thoughts / to be concerned / to brood (over sth) / to complain | |
| 踌躇不前 | chóu chú bù qián | to hesitate to move forward / to hesitate / to hold back | |
| 首鼠两端 | shǒu shǔ liǎng duān | (idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided | |
