結巴

结巴
jiēba
to stutter

CEDICT

  1. stutterer; stammerer
  2. to stutter; to stammer

Wiktionary

說話不流利，常有字音重複或詞句中斷的現象。

重編國語辭典

Examples

她一開始結巴，她的同學們就忍不住笑了。

When she began to stutter, her classmates couldn't help laughing.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 結 jiē
  1. (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  2. Taiwan pr. jié
2 巴 bā
  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士 bāshì
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail

Containing this entry

結結巴巴 jiējiēbāba stammeringly
結結巴巴 jiējiebābā

Related entries

唫 jìn
  1. to stutter
  2. to shut one's mouth
  3. Taiwan pr. yín
詘 qū
  1. to bend
  2. to yield
  3. to exhaust
  4. to stutter