盘桓

盤桓
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、留连不前。
  2. 观望。
  3. 逗留。
  4. 广大的样子。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 盘 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

流连忘返 liúliánwàngfǎn
  1. to linger
  2. to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
驻留 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

盘旋 pánxuán
  1. to spiral
  2. to circle
  3. to go around
  4. to hover
  5. to orbit
蜗旋 wōxuán to spiral
绕 rào
  1. variant of 绕 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

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