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发抖

fā dǒu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 發抖

发抖 (fā dǒu) means "to tremble; to shake; to shiver". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 发抖 means

1. to tremble
2. to shake
3. to shiver

The characters in 发抖

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal

Example sentences

• 你还在发抖。
  Nǐ hái zài fādǒu.
  You're still shivering.
• 我的身体被冻得瑟瑟发抖。
  I shiver from the cold.
• 只跑了一点点，膝盖就开始发抖。
  Zhǐ pǎo le yīdiǎndiǎn, xīgài jiù kāishǐ fādǒu.
  All I did was run a little and now my knees are wobbly.
• 令人震惊的光景让了他吓得发抖。
  Lìngrén zhènjīng de guāngjǐng ràng le tā xiàdéfādǒu.
  The terrible scene made him tremble in fear.

Words containing 发抖

• 吓得发抖xià dé fā dǒuto tremble with fear
• 瑟瑟发抖sè sè fā dǒuto shiver
• 簌簌发抖sù sù fā dǒushivering; trembling (idiom)

Where 发抖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Moods (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fā dǒu correctly.
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