摇晃 (yáo huàng) — to rock; to shake; to sway
Definition
摇晃 emphasizes sustained, visible back-and-forth motion (a swaying house, tree, body). Use the bare verbs 摇 and 晃 for a single shake or wobble; 振动 is for mechanical vibration, not human-scale swaying.
verb
to rockto shaketo sway
Examples
- ，摇晃。Dì zhèn de shí hou, fáng zi jù liè yáo huàng qǐ lái.During the earthquake, the house shook violently.
- ，摇晃。Tā hē duō le jiǔ, shēn tǐ kāi shǐ yáo huàng qǐ lái.He had too much to drink and his body began to sway.
- 摇晃。Fēng bǎ shù chuī dé zuǒ yòu yáo huàng.The wind blew the tree swaying left and right.
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