chóu

used in 躊躇|踌躇[chou2 chu2]

foot (足) + sound (寿) = hesitating on your feet

足 grounds the character in movement — specifically the hesitant, lingering kind. 寿 contributes the sound chóu and carries no meaning here.

+寿
寿LongevityPhonetic
FootSemantic

他站在门口躇了很久,不知道该不该进去。

tā zhàn zài mén kǒu chóu chú le hěn jiǔ, bù zhī dào gāi bu gāi jìn qù。

he stood at the doorway hesitating for a long time, not knowing whether he should go in or not.

面对这个难题,她躇半天,始终没有做出决定。

miàn duì zhè ge nán tí, tā chóu chú bàn tiān, shǐ zhōng méi yǒu zuò chū jué dìng。

facing this difficult problem, she hesitated for a long time and still could not make a decision.

Words with 踌

踌躇

chóu chú

to hesitate

踌躇不前

chóu chú bù qián

to hesitate to move forward

踌躇不决

chóu chú bù jué

to hesitate

踌躇满志

chóu chú mǎn zhì

enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug

踌蹰

chóu chú

variant of 躊躇|踌躇[chou2 chu2]

More characters with 足