Chinese symbol for “evasive”
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
Traditional: 支吾其詞
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for evasive is 支吾其词 (zhī wú qí cí), defined as: (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 支吾其词.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
| 支援 | zhī yuán | to provide assistance; to support |
| 支撑 (支撐) | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support |
| 支出 | zhī chū | to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure |
| 支持者 | zhī chí zhě | supporter |
| 吾人 | wú rén | (literary) we; us |
| 支支吾吾 | zhī zhī wú wú | to hem and haw; to stall |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
See also: Japanese symbol for “evasive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.