盤桓

盘桓
pánhuán
  1. to pace
  2. to linger
  3. to stay over
  4. to spiral
  5. to hover

CEDICT

  1. (Classical) large
  2. (figurative) to hesitate; to be indecisive
  3. large
  4. to hesitate; to be indecisive
  5. to spiral around; to circle around
  6. to stay; to stop over
  7. to walk back and forth; to roam around

Wiktionary

  1. 徘徊、留連不前。
  2. 觀望。
  3. 逗留。
  4. 廣大的樣子。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 盤 pán
  1. tray; plate; dish
  2. (finance) (bound form) market prices
  3. (computing) (bound form) disk
  4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
  5. to check; to examine; to investigate
  6. to transfer; to sell (property)
  7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
  8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
  9. classifier for coils
  10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
2 桓 huán
  1. Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
  2. big
  3. pillar (old)

Related entries

流連忘返 liúliánwàngfǎn
  1. to linger
  2. to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
駐留 zhùliú
  1. to stay
  2. to remain
  3. to linger
  4. (computing) to reside
  5. resident (program etc)
美驻留在看的那个人的眼里。

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

Source: Tatoeba

盤旋 pánxuán
  1. to spiral
  2. to circle
  3. to go around
  4. to hover
  5. to orbit
蝸旋 wōxuán to spiral
遶 rào
  1. variant of 繞 rào, to rotate around
  2. to spiral
  3. to move around
  4. to go round (an obstacle)
  5. to by-pass
  6. to make a detour
狗绕着桌子走。

The dog is walking around the table.

Source: Tatoeba

繞 rào
  1. to wind
  2. to coil (thread)
  3. to rotate around
  4. to spiral
  5. to move around
  6. to go round (an obstacle)
  7. to by-pass
  8. to make a detour
  9. to confuse
  10. to perplex
狗绕着桌子走。

The dog is walking around the table.

Source: Tatoeba

飛來飛去 fēiláifēiqù
  1. to fly about
  2. to fly hither and thither
  3. to flit
  4. to swarm
  5. to spiral
懸停 xuántíng to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
漂浮 piāofú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial
油漂浮在水上。

Oil will float on water.

Source: Tatoeba

縈繞 yíngrào
  1. to linger on
  2. to hover
  3. to encircle
我昨晚一整夜沒睡好，因為有許多事情縈繞在我的心頭。

I couldn't sleep well last night because there were lots of things on my mind.

Source: Tatoeba

飄浮 piāofú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. also written 漂浮
他是世上第一個在太空中飄浮的人。

He was the first man to float in space.

Source: Tatoeba