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

HSK 5
Miànduì liǎng gè xuǎnzé, tā pánghuáng le hěn jiǔ, bùzhī gāi rúhé juédìng.
Faced with two choices, he hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to decide.
HSK 7-9
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

彷 páng
徨 huáng