to pace back and forth, hesitate

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Example Sentences

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1
zài
mén
kǒu
pái
huái
le
hěn
jiǔ

He paced back and forth at the door for a long time.

2
pái
huí
zài
rén
shēng
de
shí
kǒu

She hesitates at the crossroads of life.

3
niǎo
zài
nǎo
hǎi
zhōng
pái
xiáng

Thoughts hover like birds in the mind.

4
zài
gōng
yuán
pái
huái

He is wandering in the park.

5
zài
shū
diàn
pái
huái
le
hěn
jiǔ
zhī
dào
gāi
mǎi
běn
shū

I wandered in the bookstore for a long time, not knowing which book to buy.

6
miàn
duì
zhè
ge
zhòng
yào
de
jué
dìng
nèi
xīn
pái
huái
dìng
chí
chí
xià
dìng
jué
xīn

Faced with this important decision, he was hesitant and unable to make up his mind for a long time.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes11
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2239
Zhuyinㄆㄞˊ
Components
UnicodeU+5F98
CangjieHOYLM
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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