彷徨

pánghuáng
verb #19,930

Meanings

  1. 1 to pace back and forth
  2. 2 to hesitate
  3. 3 to waver indecisively
  4. 4 to be at a loss

Examples

Miànduì liǎng gè xuǎnzé, tā pánghuáng le hěn jiǔ, bù zhī gāi rúhé juédìng.
Faced with two choices, he hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to decide.
Bìyè hòu, tā zài rénshēng de chàlùkǒu pánghuáng le zhěngzhěng yī nián.
After graduating, she spent a whole year wavering at a crossroads in life.

Tips

usage
彷徨 carries a literary, poetic feel — it's often used in writing to express deep emotional hesitation or existential uncertainty, not just physical wandering. Lu Xun (鲁迅) titled one of his famous short story collections 《彷徨》.

Stroke Order

páng
huáng