闪烁 meaning in English

shǎnshuò

to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 閃爍14 strokes

Meaning of 闪烁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǎnshuò
  1. to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker
  2. to be evasive; to equivocate

闪烁 in example sentences

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

我wǒ只zhǐ能néng看kàn到dào闪shǎn烁shuò的de灯dēng光guāng。
All I could see was the flickering lights.
阳yáng光guāng在zài湖hú面miàn上shàng闪shǎn烁shuò。
Sunlight sparkled on the lake.
她tā的de眼yǎn睛jīng闪shǎn烁shuò着zhe喜xǐ悦yuè的de光guāng芒máng。
Her eyes were shining with joy.
无wú数shù星xīng星xīng在zài天tiān上shàng闪shǎn烁shuò。
Countless stars were twinkling in the sky.
当dāng她tā看kàn到dào妈mā妈mā没méi在zài生shēng她tā的de气qì,她tā的de双shuāng眼yǎn因yīn为wèi幸xìng福fú而ér闪shǎn烁shuò了le。
Her eyes shone with joy when she saw that her mother was not mad at her.

Stroke order for each character

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

闪 shǎn · to dodge · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

烁 shuò · to sparkle · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 闪烁.

闪电shǎndiànlightning
闪开shǎnkāito get out of the way
闪耀shǎnyàoto glint; to glitter
闪亮shǎnliàngbrilliant; shiny
闪光shǎnguāngflash
闪人shǎnrén(coll.) to beat it; to take French leave
闪光灯shǎnguāngdēngflash bulb (photography)
闪过shǎnguòto flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)
闪闪shǎnshǎnflickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
闪现shǎnxiànto flash
闪失shǎnshīmishap; accident
闪避shǎnbìto dodge; to sidestep

Questions about 闪烁

What does 闪烁 mean?

闪烁 (shǎnshuò) means "to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 闪烁?

闪烁 is made of 2 characters: 闪 (5 strokes), 烁 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 闪烁 an HSK word?

Yes. 闪烁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 闪烁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 闪烁 is written 閃爍.