徘pui4徊wui4

English

1. to pace back and forth
2. to linger; to walk back and forth, to and fro
3. to dither; to hesitate
4. to osciliate; to fluctuate; to vary (between values)
5. (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺同一個地方行嚟行去，來回走動
2. 喺數值之間浮動

Examples

• 恆指有機會喺萬五點徘徊。

  The HSI is likely to seesaw at around 15000 points.

• 失業率依然喺高點徘徊不下。

  The unemployment rate still stands high.

• 有個可疑人物喺銀行前面徘徊。

  A suspicious person lingered in front of the bank. ----