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7-9

hesitate

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

pai2 pái

Meaning


Primary

hesitate

Alternatives

hesitates, hesitating, hesitated

Mnemonic


[p-] Patrick Star is [2] inside the hallways of the [-ai] high school where he is comes across an escaped 非 prisoner that comes up to him, asking him for a pair of 行 sandals. Patrick says OK, and takes out a pair of 行 sandals from his locker. Then he 徘 hesitates. Those are his favorite 行 sandals, he tells the 非 prisoner. The 非 prisoner, who is in a rush, pleads for them. Patrick sits there thinking, 徘 hesitating indefinitely. Maybe he forgot what he was thinking about.

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