犹
豫
不
决

Hesitancy in Chinese: 犹豫不决 (yóu yù bù jué)

yóu yù bù jué

hesitancy

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 猶豫不決1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hesitancy
  2. 2indecision
  3. 3to waver

Stroke order

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犹
豫
不
决

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄧㄡˊ

yóu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄩˋ

yù

ㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄩㄝˊ

jué

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

犹豫不决

Simplified

猶豫不決

Traditional

Example sentences

See 犹豫不决 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他做事总是犹豫不决。

    tā zuò shì zǒng shì yóu yù bù jué。

    He is always indecisive when doing things.

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Related words

不

bù

no

解决

jiě jué

to solve

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

不必

bù bì

need not

不断

bù duàn

unceasing

不免

bù miǎn

inevitably

不然

bù rán

not so

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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