犹豫 (yóuyù) means Hesitate. Below are 5 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
他 犹豫 了一下才回答。
Tā yóuyù le yíxià cái huídá.
He hesitated before answering.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 犹豫
别 犹豫 了，快决定吧。
Bié yóuyù le, kuài juédìng ba.
Stop hesitating and decide.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 犹豫
你就答应了嘛，别再 犹豫 了。
Nǐ jiù dāying le ma, bié zài yóuyù le.
Just say yes, won't you, and stop hesitating.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘛
她的回答斩钉截铁，毫不 犹豫 。
Tā de huídá zhǎn dīng jié tiě, háo bù yóuyù.
Her answer was clear-cut and without a moment's hesitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斩钉截铁
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From the graded readers
我 犹豫 了很久，最后还是答应了。
wǒ yóuyù le / liǎo / liào hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu háishì dāying le / liǎo / liào.
I hesitated a long time, and agreed anyway.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Questions about 犹豫
How is 犹豫 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 犹豫 (yóuyù, "Hesitate"), 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 犹豫 an HSK word?
Yes — 犹豫 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 犹豫?
The dictionary page for 犹豫 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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