颤 chàn
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- Made of
- 亶 real, sincere, true 页 page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
颤抖
chàndǒu
to tremble; to shake
Characters in this word
抖 dǒu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斗 to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 听到判决结果后，证人的声音明显开始颤抖。 Tīngdào pànjué jiéguǒ hòu, zhèngrén de shēngyīn míngxiǎn kāishǐ chàndǒu. After hearing the verdict, the witness's voice clearly began to tremble.
- 天气太冷，孩子冻得全身颤抖。 Tiānqì tài lěng, háizi dòng de quánshēn chàndǒu. It was so cold that the child shivered all over.
- 他拿着信的手一直在颤抖，半天说不出话来。 Tā ná zhe xìn de shǒu yìzhí zài chàndǒu, bàntiān shuō bu chū huà lái. The hand holding the letter kept trembling, and he couldn't speak for a long while.
Related words
- 抖 dǒu to shake; to tremble; to flap
- 发抖 fādǒu to tremble; to shiver
- 翻身 fānshēn to turn over; to free oneself from hardship
- 哆嗦 duōsuo to tremble; to shiver
- 翻来覆去 fānláifùqù over and over; to toss and turn
- 晃 huàng to sway; to shake
- 蹦 bèng to jump; to bounce
- 晃荡 huàngdang to sway; to wander about
- 动弹 dòngtan to move; to budge
- 绊 bàn to trip; to stumble; to hinder
- 蹬 dēng to push with the foot; to pedal; to kick
- 背负 bēifù to bear; to shoulder; to carry