吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ▶ mascullar; balbucear

Stroke order

吞吞吐吐 is written in 26 strokes across 4 characters.

• 吞 — 7 strokes
• 吞 — 7 strokes
• 吐 — 6 strokes
• 吐 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
2. to speak and break off, then start again
3. to hold sth back

Related words

• 呕吐vomitar
• 狼吞虎咽devorar como un lobo
• 吐escupir

吞吞吐吐 is pronounced tūntūntǔtǔ and means “mascullar; balbucear”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 吞吞吐吐 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.