支吾

to resist / to deal with

to respond evasively or vaguely / to elude / to stall

surname Zhi

to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

surname Wu

I / my (old)

(old) I; my

to hem and haw / to stall / to stammer / to mumble / to falter

(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive