摇动 meaning in English

yáodòng

to shake; to sway

Traditional 搖動19 strokes

Meaning of 摇动

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yáodòng
  1. to shake
  2. to sway

摇动 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ不bù觉jué得de房fáng子zi在zài摇yáo动dòng吗ma?
Don't you feel the house shaking?
我wǒ们men感gǎn觉jué到dào房fáng子zi摇yáo动dòng了le一yī下xià。
We felt the house shake a little.
使shǐ用yòng前qián摇yáo动dòng一yī下xià瓶píng子zi。
Shake the bottle before using.
我wǒ感gǎn到dào房fáng子zi在zài摇yáo动dòng。
I felt the house shake.
从cóng那nà时shí起qǐ,他tā的de信xìn仰yǎng开kāi始shǐ摇yáo动dòng了le。
From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

摇 yáo · to shake · 13 strokes

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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 摇动.

动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动yùndòngto move; to exercise
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
发动fādòngto start; to launch
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
动力dònglìmotive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to

Questions about 摇动

What does 摇动 mean?

摇动 (yáodòng) means "to shake; to sway".

How do you write 摇动?

摇动 is made of 2 characters: 摇 (13 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 摇动 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 摇动 is written 搖動.