徘徊

徘徊 páihuái in a sentence

Linger (roam - wander - hover)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

徘徊 (páihuái) means Linger (roam - wander - hover). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

成绩一直在及格线上 徘徊 。

Chéngjì yìzhí zài jígé xiàn shang páihuái.

His marks have been hovering around the pass mark.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徘徊

他在门口 徘徊 了很久才敲门。

Tā zài ménkǒu páihuái le hěn jiǔ cái qiāo mén.

He paced outside the door a long time before knocking.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徘徊

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How is 徘徊 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 徘徊 (páihuái, "Linger (roam - wander - hover)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 徘徊 an HSK word?

Yes — 徘徊 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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