páng
彷
hesitate; pace back and forth
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to hesitate; to pace back and forth indecisively
literaryThis character is almost exclusively used in the literary two-character word 彷徨 (páng huáng). It is rarely used alone.
Tā他
zài在
rén人
shēng生
de的
shí十
zì字
lù路
kǒu口
páng彷
huáng徨
。
He hesitates at the crossroads of life.
Yè夜
shēn深
le了
，
tā他
hái还
zài在
jiē街
tóu头
dú独
zì自
páng彷
huáng徨
。
Late at night, he was still pacing back and forth alone on the street.