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徘徊

pái huái

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

徘徊 (pái huái) means "to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 徘徊 means

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

The characters in 徘徊

• 徘páiused in 徘徊
• 徊huáiused in 徘徊

Sounds the same

Read pái huái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俳佪variant of 徘徊

Where 徘徊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pā–pán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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