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pái huái
HSK 7freq #8578

Meanings

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pái huái
  1. 1.to pace back and forth
  2. 2.to dither; to hesitate
  3. 3.(of sales figures etc) to fluctuate

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to pace back and forth; to walk to and fro; to wander
  2. 2.to linger; to hover around; to be reluctant to leave
  3. 3.to hesitate; to dither; to waver
  4. 4.to oscillate; to fluctuate; to vary (between two values)

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Etymology

A reduplicative, ideophonic compound in Old Chinese. Compare 婓婓 (OC *pʰɯl pʰɯl, “coming and going”), 回回 (OC *ɡuːl ɡuːl, “revolving; turning”).

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