支支吾吾

Chinese

	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	I; my	I; my
trad. (支支吾吾)	支	支	吾	吾
simp. ^#(支支吾吾)	支	支	吾	吾
AABB-type reduplication of 支吾 (zhīwú, “to falter”).

支支吾吾

to prevaricate; to falter; to hum and haw
我問他，他回答支支吾吾。 [MSC, trad.]
我问他，他回答支支吾吾。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ wèn tā, tā huídá zhī zhī wú wú. [Pinyin]
I asked him, but he hummed and hawed before answering.

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