支吾

zhīwú
  1. to resist
  2. to deal with

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) in a predicament
  2. (archaic) to deal with a person just for the occasion
  3. (archaic) to divert oneself from loneliness
  4. (archaic) to handle
  5. (archaic) to hesitate
  6. (archaic) to prop up; to support
  7. (archaic) to resist; to defy; to oppose
  8. in a predicament
  9. to deal with a person just for the occasion
  10. to divert oneself from loneliness
  11. to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate
  12. to handle
  13. to hesitate
  14. to prop up; to support
  15. to resist; to defy; to oppose

Wiktionary

  1. 抵抗、抗拒。《旧五代史．卷一三六．周书僭伪传三．孟知祥传》：「与遂、阆兵合，则势不可支吾。」元．无名氏《冻苏秦．第二折》：「逼得他忍飢受冷，并不敢半句支吾。」也作「枝梧」。
  2. 应付、对付。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

支吾 zhīwu
  1. to respond evasively or vaguely
  2. to elude
  3. to stall

Entry Composition

1 支 zhī
  1. to support
  2. to sustain
  3. to erect
  4. to raise
  5. branch
  6. division
  7. to draw money
  8. classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
2 吾 wú (old) I; my

Containing this entry

支吾其词 zhīwúqící
  1. (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. evasive
支支吾吾 zhīzhīwúwú
  1. to hem and haw
  2. to stall
  3. to stammer
  4. to mumble
  5. to falter
支吾其词 zhiwūqící

Related entries

反抗 fǎnkàng
  1. to resist
  2. to rebel
他常以反抗的態度對我們。

He often takes a defiant attitude toward us.

Source: Tatoeba

强忍 qiǎngrěn to resist (with great difficulty)
抗 kàng
  1. to resist
  2. to fight
  3. to defy
  4. anti-
抗拒 kàngjù
  1. to resist
  2. to defy
  3. to oppose
抗击 kàngjī
  1. to resist (an aggressor)
  2. to oppose (a menace)
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