HSK 6 · Verbs

迟疑 chíyí “to hesitate” in Chinese

Traditional 遲疑

What 迟疑 means

  1. to hesitate

How to say 迟疑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迟chí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疑yí2nd tone, rising

迟疑 in a sentence

  1. 他迟疑了一下，然后点了点头。

    Tā chíyí le yíxià, ránhòu diǎn le diǎn tóu.

    He hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她毫不迟疑地答应了。

    Tā háo bù chíyí de dāying le.

    She agreed without hesitation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 迟疑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 迟 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迟chílate
  • 尺part of the characterSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part
The character 疑 (yí) drawn as one shape
疑yíto doubt; to suspect

疑 is a single shape of 14 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 迟疑

迟 7 strokes · 疑 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

迟疑 (chíyí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 迟疑 (chíyí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 迟疑

Words with 迟

迟到chídào · arrive late推迟tuīchí · to postpone迟早chízǎo · sooner or later迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow

Words with 疑

怀疑huáiyí · to doubt疑问yíwèn · question疑惑yíhuò · doubt嫌疑xiányí · suspicion

More words: Thinking & Talking

承诺chéngnuò · to promise澄清chéngqīng · to clarify陈述chénshù · to state沉思chénsī · to ponder传达chuándá · to convey吹牛chuīniú · to boast吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter出神chūshén · to be lost in thought

FAQs

迟疑 (chíyí) means “to hesitate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chíyí: chí with a 2nd tone, then yí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 迟疑 is written 遲疑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迟疑 from the suggestions. Typing chiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迟疑 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.