荡 dàng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 汤 soup, gravy, broth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
荡漾
dàngyàng
to ripple; to undulate
Characters in this word
漾 yàng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 羕 river, flowing water
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 湖面上微光荡漾，把古城墙的倒影切成一片片碎银。 Húmiàn shàng wēiguāng dàngyàng, bǎ gǔchéngqiáng de dàoyǐng qiē chéng yí piàn piàn suì yín. Faint light rippled across the lake surface, slicing the reflection of the old city wall into shards of silver.
- 湖水在微风中轻轻荡漾。 Húshuǐ zài wēifēng zhōng qīngqīng dàngyàng. The lake water ripples gently in the breeze.
- 她的脸上荡漾着幸福的笑容。 Tā de liǎn shàng dàngyàng zhe xìngfú de xiàoróng. A happy smile spread across her face.
Related words
- 动荡 dòngdàng turbulence; turmoil; turbulent
- 晃荡 huàngdang to sway; to wander about
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir
- 空荡荡 kōngdàngdàng empty; deserted; spacious and bare
- 倾家荡产 qīngjiādàngchǎn to lose everything; to be ruined financially
- 震荡 zhèndàng to shake; to fluctuate; to convulse
- 波澜 bōlán waves; disturbance; twists and turns
- 潮水 cháoshuǐ tide; tidal water
- 风浪 fēnglàng wind and waves; turmoil
- 混浊 hùnzhuó muddy; turbid; cloudy
- 波涛 bōtāo waves; billows
- 泛滥 fànlàn to overflow; to spread unchecked; to be rampant