Hesitation

"Hesitation" in cmn

口吃

kǒuchī

(faltering in speech)

吞吐

tūntǔ

(faltering in speech)

彷徨

pánghuáng

(act of hesitating)

支吾

zhīwu

(faltering in speech)

猶豫 /犹豫

yóuyù

(act of hesitating)

結巴 /结巴

jiéba

(faltering in speech)

躊躇 /踌躇

chóuchú

(act of hesitating)

遲疑 /迟疑

chíyí

(act of hesitating)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.