晃荡
huàngdang
to sway; to wander about
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 水桶在车厢里来回晃荡，弄湿了旁边的纸箱。 Shuǐtǒng zài chēxiāng lǐ láihuí huàngdang, nòngshī le pángbiān de zhǐxiāng. The bucket swayed back and forth in the carriage and soaked the cardboard box beside it.
- 他整天在街上晃荡，不好好找工作。 Tā zhěngtiān zài jiē shang huàngdang, bù hǎohǎo zhǎo gōngzuò. He wanders the streets all day and does not look properly for a job.
- 铃铛挂在门口，风一吹就晃荡起来。 Língdang guà zài ménkǒu, fēng yì chuī jiù huàngdang qǐlái. A little bell hangs at the door and swings whenever the wind blows.
Related words
- 晃 huǎng to flash; to flicker past
- 晃 huàng to sway; to shake
- 摇晃 yáohuàng to shake; to rock; to sway
- 一晃 yíhuàng to pass in a flash; in the blink of an eye
- 荡漾 dàngyàng to ripple; to undulate
- 动荡 dòngdàng turbulence; turmoil; turbulent
- 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
- 绊 bàn to trip; to stumble; to hinder
- 蹬 dēng to push with the foot; to pedal; to kick