# 逡巡
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qūnxún
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qūnxún
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyunsyún
*** Wade–Giles: chʻün$^1$-hsün$^2$
*** Yale: chyūn-syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiunshyun
*** Palladius: цюньсюнь (cjunʹsjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵ ɕyn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tshwin zwin
Rime :
| Character | 逡 | 巡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 七倫切 | 詳遵切 |
| Baxter | tshwin | zwin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰiuɪn/ | /ziuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰʷin/ | /zʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjuen/ | /zjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰwin/ | /zwin/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiuĕn/ | /ziuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭuĕn/ | /zĭuĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯uĕn/ | /zi̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qūn | xún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceon$^1$ | ceon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlun sɢljun/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 逡 | 巡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 16464 | 1631 |
| Phonetic component | 允 | 川 |
| Rime group | 文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逡 | 旬 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlun/ | /*sɢljun/ |

### Verb

逡巡
* (literary) to hesitate to move forward; to hang back

#### Synonyms

* 反顧／反顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
* 彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
* 彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
* 徘徊 (figurative)
* 拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
* 游移 (yóuyí)
* 猶疑／犹疑 (yóuyí)
* 猶豫／犹豫 (yóuyù)
* 疑蟯／疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
* 膩／腻 (nyi$^4$) (Sichuanese)
* 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú)
* 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
* 遲疑／迟疑 (chíyí)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 逡巡(しゅんじゅん) (shunjun)

#### See also

* 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú)
* 踟躕／踟蹰 (chíchú)
* 彳亍 (chìchù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 逡 | 巡 |
| しゅん Hyōgai | じゅん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん) • (shunjun)
* hesitation, indecision, wavering

### Verb

逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)する • (shunjun suru) suru (stem 逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)し (shunjun shi), past 逡(しゅん)巡(じゅん)した (shunjun shita))
* hesitate, be undecided, waver

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 逡巡し | しゅんじゅんし | shunjun shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 逡巡し | しゅんじゅんし | shunjun shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 逡巡する | しゅんじゅんする | shunjun suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 逡巡する | しゅんじゅんする | shunjun suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 逡巡すれ | しゅんじゅんすれ | shunjun sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 逡巡せよ¹ 逡巡しろ² | しゅんじゅんせよ¹ しゅんじゅんしろ² | shunjun seyo¹ shunjun shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 逡巡される | しゅんじゅんされる | shunjun sareru |
| Causative | 逡巡させる 逡巡さす | しゅんじゅんさせる しゅんじゅんさす | shunjun saseru shunjun sasu |
| Potential | 逡巡できる | しゅんじゅんできる | shunjun dekiru |
| Volitional | 逡巡しよう | しゅんじゅんしよう | shunjun shiyō |
| Negative | 逡巡しない | しゅんじゅんしない | shunjun shinai |
| Negative continuative | 逡巡せず | しゅんじゅんせず | shunjun sezu |
| Formal | 逡巡します | しゅんじゅんします | shunjun shimasu |
| Perfective | 逡巡した | しゅんじゅんした | shunjun shita |
| Conjunctive | 逡巡して | しゅんじゅんして | shunjun shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 逡巡すれば | しゅんじゅんすれば | shunjun sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||