犹豫

yóu yù

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Adjective Common

Definitions

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firm

果断 means 'decisive', opposite of hesitant.

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to hesitate

踌躇 is a literary synonym for hesitating, often in set phrases.

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to hesitate

Both mean 'to hesitate', but 迟疑 is more formal.

Common collocations: 犹豫不决 (yóuyù bù jué) – 'hesitate and cannot decide'; 毫不犹豫 (háo bù yóuyù) – 'without the slightest hesitation'.

犹豫 is usually not used before 了 (le) to indicate a completed change of state. Use 犹豫了起来 (yóuyù le qǐlái) instead to express 'started to hesitate'.

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他丝毫没有犹豫。

He didn't hesitate at all.

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without the slightest hesitation

hesitancy

as if