ReadWriteQuiz

Chinese dictionary
Show pinyin

  • 1

    v.wander; pace/walk up and down; linger about; hover about/around; tramp

    • lǎo shī zài jiào shì mén kǒu pái huái zhe

      老师教室门口徘徊

      The teacher was hovering at the door of the classroom.

    • tā yī biān chōu zhe yān yī biān pái huái

      一边一边徘徊

      He lingered, smoking a cigarette.

    • tā zài zǒu láng li pái huái

      走廊徘徊

      He lingered in the corridor.

  • 2

    v.hesitate; waver

    • duì yú gǔ shì rén men hái zài pái huái guān wàng

      对于股市人们徘徊观望

      For the stock market, people are still on the wait-and-see side.

    • tā zhàn zài nà lǐ pái huái bù qián

      那里徘徊

      He stood there, hesitating.

    • hái zi zhàn zài lù kǒu pái huái bù zhī dào wǎng nǎ zǒu

      孩子路口徘徊知道

      The child stood at the crossroads hesitating, not knowing which way to go.

  • 3

    v.fluctuate; hover

    • zhè ge chǎng de chǎn zhí yī bān zài yī yì yuán pái huái

      这个产值一般亿徘徊

      The output from this factory normally hovers around the one hundred million yuan mark.

    • qì wēn zài bīng diǎn pái huái

      气温冰点徘徊

      Temperatures hovered around freezing.

    • tā de chéng jì zài bā shí fēn zuǒ yòu pái huái

      成绩八十左右徘徊

      His grades hovered in the eighties.