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哆嗦 (duō suo) — to tremble, to shiver

Definition

哆嗦 (duōsuo) means to tremble or shiver, usually from cold, fear, or strong emotion. It is more colloquial than 颤抖 (more written/dramatic) and reduplicates rhythm to stress ongoing shaking; 发抖 is the plain everyday equivalent.

verb
to trembleto shiver

Examples

  • 哆嗦。
    Tā dòng dé zhí duō suo.
    He was shivering from the cold.
  • ，哆嗦。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā xià dé duō suo qǐ lái.
    Hearing the news, she started trembling with fear.
  • 哆嗦。
    Lǎo rén qì dé shuāng shǒu bù tíng duō suo.
    The old man's hands kept trembling with anger.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

哆duō
嗦suō

The characters 哆 and 嗦 carry no meaning of their own here; together they name trembling.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6

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